ISLAMIC SHURA COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CAL. v. F.B.I.

No. 12-55305.

725 F.3d 1012 (2013)

ISLAMIC SHURA COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; Council on American Islamic Relations-California; Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley; Islamic Center of Hawthorne; West Coast Islamic Center; Human Assistance and Development International, Inc.; Muzammil Siddiqi; Shakeel Syed; Hussam Ayloush; Mohammed Abdul Aleem; Rafe Husain, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Andre Birotte, Jr. , United States Attorney, Beth S. Brinkmann (argued), Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Michael S. Raab and Daniel Tenny , Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants.

Ahilan T. Arulanantham (argued), ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Clare Pastore , USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae Professors of Legal Ethics.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") appeals the district court's order granting the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California's ("Shura Council") motion for sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c). See Islamic Shura Council of S. Cal. v. FBI, 278 F.R.D. 538, 548 (C.D.Cal.2011). The FBI argues that the sanctions order must be reversed because the FBI could...

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