Lane v. City of Emeryville

56 F.3d 71 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Dorothy LANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, Kate Dixon, Appellant, v. CITY OF EMERYVILLE; Emeryville Police Department; Joseph Colleti, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the City of Emeryville; Laura Sinclair, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-16646. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 17, 1995. * Decided May 16, 1995. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; No. CV-93-01228-JPV, John P. Vukasin, District Judge, Presiding. N.D.Cal. VACATED AND REMANDED. Before: NORRIS, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Attorney Kate Dixon and her client Dorothy Lane appeal from the district court's order imposing Rule 11 sanctions against Dixon in the amount of $7,500 for filing a lawsuit for an improper purpose (judge-shopping), and in the amount of $7,500 for filing a frivolous suit. The order also imposed sanctions in the amount…