Storli

MEMORANDUM *

Per Grimm Storli appeals from the district court’s orders granting summary judgment in favor of the Flathead Defendants on several of the claims asserted in Storli’s complaint and entering judgment as a matter of law in favor of the Kalispell Defendants on another claim. Separately, Storli’s attorney, Matthew J. Sisler, appeals from the district court’s orders imposing monetary sanctions against him pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and the court’s inherent authority. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Storli argues that the district court erred in granting summary judgment in the Flathead Defendants’ favor on their qualified immunity defense to his Fourth Amendment claim. Under Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194 , 121 S.Ct. 2151 , 150 L.Ed.2d 272 (2001), we first determine whether “the facts alleged [by the plaintiff] show ... the [officers’] conduct violated a constitutional right.” Id. at 201. Here, the Flathead Defendants observed a confidential informant, Lance Vitt, enter Storli’s residence with $140 in marked bills and exit with a small quantity of methamphetamine and $40 of the original cash. From those observations, the officers could…