Truesdell

COLLINS, District Judge.

On April 18, 2001, the Court signed an Order granting Defendants' motion to dismiss. In her Complaint, Plaintiff challenged the result (and the procedures) of an arbitration proceeding, performed pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement ("CBA"), concerning Plaintiff's grievance of her termination. The arbitrator reinstated Plaintiff's employment, but did not award her any back pay. This Court found that Plaintiff's Complaint failed to state a claim for relief. Defendant has now filed a Motion for Sanctions pursuant to Rule 11 and/or 28 U.S.C. § 1927 . The Motion came on regularly for a hearing before this Court on June 11, 2001. For the reasons indicated below, the Court GRANTS the Motion for Sanctions. Plaintiff's counsel Jerome Zamos is hereby ORDERED to pay $4,945.00 to Defendant, as a sanction.

The full context and background of this case was detailed in the Court's prior order granting Defendants' motion to dismiss, and need not be repeated in its entirety here. See Order Re: Motion to Dismiss filed April 18, 2001 (the "Dismissal Order") at 2-6, 8-11. The facts and procedural history of the case are also well known to the parties. Therefore,…