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CHAVES v. M/V MEDINA STAR

No. 94-60388 Summary Calendar.

47 F.3d 153 (1995)

Luis Cuna CHAVES, Oscar D. Barbosa, Nikolay Shmakov, Konstantin Anchev, Victor Formenkov, Danail Ivanov, Vyacheslav Shutikov, Oscar L. Goinhex, Frederick D. Brooks, Clive D. Bennet, Dene E. Zepeda and Captain Leonard O'Keefe, Plaintiffs, v. The M/V MEDINA STAR, formerly the M/V Odessa Star and Casblan Maritime, Gema Shipping & Trading and Captain Jose Otero Defendants, Jimmie M. Spears, Attorney, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Svetlik, Houston, TX, for appellant.

Jimmy M. Spears, pro se.

Before JOHNSON, WIENER, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Under the authority of the inherent power of the court, the magistrate judge imposed sanctions on attorney for allegedly bad faith conduct in litigation. Attorney appeals and we REVERSE.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 8, 1994, attorney Jimmie M. Spears brought suit on behalf of several crew members of the M/V MEDINA STAR seeking the recovery of earned but unpaid wages. As Spears chose to pursue the plaintiffs...

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