EGAN v. PINEDA

No. 15-2011.

808 F.3d 1180 (2015)

Julia EGAN, Plaintiff, v. David PINEDA, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal of Lewis G. Spicer, Attorney-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis G. Spicer, Syracuse, N.Y., pro se.

David Pineda, Coral Springs, FL, pro se.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


The district judge imposed a $5,000 sanction on lawyer Lewis Spicer for misconduct in representing plaintiff Egan in this case, which alleged sex discrimination and the creation of a hostile work environment. The judge imposed the sanction pursuant to the inherent authority of federal judges to sanction attorneys for actions...

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