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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Mar. 31, 2015

9th Circuit to decide if judge had right to sanction attorneys

A federal panel will soon hear an appeal filed by lawyers claiming Judge Otis Wright had no authority to sanction them in connection with a complex litigation scheme involving pirated online pornography.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A federal panel will soon hear an appeal filed by lawyers claiming a federal judge had no authority to sanction them in connection with a complex litigation scheme involving pirated online pornography.


While the conduct that got the attorneys of now-dissolved Prenda Law in hot water with U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright III is not technically an issue in the appeal, attorneys for the J...

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