IN RE BEES

No. 06-1071.

562 F.3d 284 (2009)

In re Margaret M. BEES, in her individual capacity, Appellant. Columbia Venture LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Intervenor/Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Defendant, Dr. John Grego; Dr. Daniel Tufford; Riverland Park Neighborhood Association; South Carolina Wildlife Federation, Intervenors/Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark Earl Nagle, Troutman & Sanders, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Manton McCutchen Grier, Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William C. Boyd, Sarah Michaels Montgomery, Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Reversed by published PER CURIAM opinion.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Margaret M. Bees, an attorney for the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"), appeals the district court's sua sponte imposition of Rule 11 sanctions. We reverse.

I.

In 1998, pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4001-4129 (2006), FEMA began to redraw the flood maps for the portion of the Congaree River located in Richland County, South Carolina. After FEMA issued its final...

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