What are judicial sanctions?

in #court3 years ago

"A federal judge ordered sanctions Wednesday for Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and several other lawyers who worked on Trump-aligned lawsuits seeking to challenge the results of the 2020 election."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/25/politics/judge-sanctions-powell-wood-kraken-lawsuits/index.html

"A federal judge in Colorado sanctioned two lawyers who challenged the 2020 election results."
https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-sanctions-colorado-lawyers-challenging-2020-presidential-election-2021-8?op=1

"A Texas judge has ordered a Houston-area lawyer and his client to be jointly sanctioned $150,000 for the client’s “outright lies” in litigation and “a mountain of evasiveness” in discovery."
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-sanctions-lawyer-and-client-150k-citing-mountain-of-evasiveness-and-outright-lies

"After the lawsuit failed, the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit asked the judge to sanction the nine attorneys"
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/25/1031127113/judge-sanctions-trump-allies-and-orders-legal-education-for-failed-election-laws

Judge Sanctions St. Charles’ Attorney In Hospital Labor Dispute
https://www.thelundreport.org/content/judge-sanctions-st-charles%E2%80%99-attorney-hospital-labor-dispute

"A Texas judge imposed additional sanctions against “Infowars” host Alex Jones on Friday after Sandy Hook parents complained he was obstructing progress in their civil cases against him, according to reporting from the Austin American-Statesman."
https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-hit-with-additional-sanctions-in-civil-16778707.php?src=rdctpdensecp

Magistrate Judge in Don Lemon Assault Case Recommends Plaintiff Be Sanctioned For Deleting Evidence
https://people.com/politics/judge-in-don-lemon-assault-case-sanctions-plaintiff-for-hiding-evidence-egregious-conduct/

Judge approves sanctions in dismissed libel lawsuit
https://www.wyodaily.com/story/2021/12/23/news/judge-approves-sanctions-in-dismissed-libel-lawsuit/12783.html

Federal judge orders lawyers to pay sanctions for challenging 2020 election results
https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/11/24/federal-judge-orders-lawyers-to-pay-sanctions-for-challenging-2020-election-results/

§ 1201.43 Sanctions.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/1201.43

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