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YOUNG v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE EX REL. NAPOLITANO

Nos. 04-1334, 04-1360.

404 F.3d 33 (2005)

Leisa YOUNG, individually and in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornel Young, Plaintiff, Barry C. Scheck; Nicholas Brustin; Robert B. Mann, Respondents, Appellants, v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE, by and through its Treasurer, Stephen NAPOLITANO; Urbano Prignano, Jr., individually and in his official capacity as Providence Chief of Police; Richard Sullivan, individually; John Ryan, individually; Kenneth Cohen, individually; Michael Solitro, individually; Carlos Saraiva, individually, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 11, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Prignano with whom Edwards & Angell, LLP was on consolidated brief for appellants Barry C. Scheck and Nick Brustin.

Lynette Labinger with whom Roney & Labinger was on consolidated brief for appellant Robert B. Mann.

Jametta Alston, President, Rhode Island Bar Association, Lauren E. Jones and Jones Associates on brief for Rhode Island Bar Association, Amicus Curiae.

Amy R. Tabor and Hardy Tabor & Chudacoff on brief for Rhode Island Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae.

Theodore M. Shaw, Director-Counsel, Norman J. Chachkin and Miriam Gohara, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., on motion for leave to file brief and brief of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

In the course of a civil rights action, the district court determined that three attorneys for the plaintiff had violated Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The court revoked the pro hac vice status of the two attorneys who were not members of the court's bar and formally censured one of the two. Young v. City of Providence, 301 F.Supp.2d 187 (D.R.I.2004). In this decision, we address...

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