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Stone v. Casiello (In re Casiello)

Stone v. Casiello (In re Casiello)

Ruling
Court held that it had jurisdiction to impose sanctions for attorneys'unreasonable prolonging of proceedings.
Procedural posture

After the bankruptcy court entered judgment in favor of defendant debtor, the debtor then filed a motion for sanctions pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 105(a), 28 U.S.C. § 1927, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011. The bankruptcy court ruled that the motion was untimely. The U.S. District Court remanded the matter, holding that there were no time constraints under 28 U.S.C. § 1927.

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opinion summary, case decided on November 07, 2005 , LexisNexis #0106-035