Can an attorney be held personally liable for excessive costs for unreasonably multiplying proceedings?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wallack v. Idexx Labs., Inc., CASE NO. 11cv2996-GPC(KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
28 U.S.C. 1927. District courts have discretionary authority "to hold attorneys personally liable for excessive costs for unreasonably multiplying proceedings." Gadda v. Ashcroft, 377 F.3d 934, 943 n. 4 (9th Cir. 2004). An attorney who
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