SHEPPARD v. RIVER VALLEY FITNESS ONE, L.P.

Nos. 04-1831, 04-1861.

428 F.3d 1 (2005)

Mary Chris SHEPPARD; Robert Sheppard, Plaintiffs, Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. RIVER VALLEY FITNESS ONE, L.P. d/b/a River Valley Club; River Valley Fitness Associates, Inc.; Joseph Asch; Elizabeth Asch; River Valley Club GP LLC, Defendants, W.E. Whittington IV, Appellant, Cross-appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.E. Whittington IV, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Kelly E. Dowd, with whom Upton & Hatfield, LLP, was on brief, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal of a monetary sanction that was imposed by the magistrate judge on defendants' lawyer, William E. Whittington IV, for discovery misconduct. The court required that Whittington personally compensate the opposing parties for the attorney's fees and costs incurred in opposing a protective order that he had obtained. Citing the injury to his professional reputation, Whittington also appeals certain findings of fact made by the magistrate...

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