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MACKLIN v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 01-31039 Summary Calendar.

300 F.3d 552 (2002)

Albert MACKLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Etc.; et al., Defendants, The City of New Orleans, a municipal corporation; Richard Pennington, New Orleans Police Chief, in his individual and official capacity; Marc Morial, Mayor of the City of New Orleans, in his official and individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Michael Plaisance, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Franz L. Zibilich, Eileen Patricia Comiskey, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

In this case, we issued an order directing Appellant Albert Macklin ("Macklin") and his counsel, Kenneth M. Plaisance ("Plaisance"), to show cause why they should not be sanctioned for making frivolous arguments on appeal. Macklin and Plaisance responded to the show cause order, arguing that they should not be sanctioned because the appeal as a whole was not totally without merit. Because they fail to adequately explain the abysmal quality of the briefing...

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