HAMILTON v. BOISE CASCADE EXP.

No. 06-6308.

519 F.3d 1197 (2008)

Kameisha HAMILTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Valetta Taylor; Dorothy Lambe; Ajeenah Spriggs; Danielle Callaghan, Plaintiffs, v. BOISE CASCADE EXPRESS, a division of Boise Cascade Office Products, a corporation; Samantha Mohr, individually; Robert Harper, individually; Laurie Johnson, individually; Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, Mark Hammons, Real Party in Interest-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Hammons (Tamara Gowens with him on the briefs), Hammons, Gowens & Associates, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellants and for himself as real party in interest.

J. Alfred Southerland, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Houston, Texas (Jennifer L. Miscovich, Ogletree Deakins, Houston, and M. Richard Mullins, McAfee & Taft, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KELLY, EBEL, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.


McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

The district court found that Appellant, attorney Mark Hammons, "multiplied the[se] proceedings unreasonably, vexatiously, and recklessly" by filing a motion to enforce a settlement agreement that misstated opposing counsel's position without a reasonable basis, costing his opponents a needless expense of $7,974.20. It therefore levied a sanction in that amount against Mr. Hammons personally under 28 U.S.C. § 1927. Mr. Hammons appeals...

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