Whether Petitioners were properly sanctioned

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Petitioners were properly sanctioned under a district court’s inherent authority for asserting standing on behalf of voters for damages against private persons engaged in state action pursuant to § 1983. 2. Whether Petitioners were properly sanctioned for multiplying the proceeding in violation of § 1927 by naming certain out-of-state defendants when they were voluntarily dismissed without inconvenience to them in their individual capacity. 3. Whether Petitioners were denied due process by the Tenth Circuit’s affirmation of the district court’s refusal to set an evidentiary hearing before sanctioning them. 4. Whether a sanction requiring Petitioners to pay over $186,000 for the attorney fees of the requesting defendants was reasonable.