No. 23-404

Matthew Edwin Gronda, et al. v. Title Check, LLC

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-U.S.C-1927 28-usc-1927 attorney-sanctions first-legal-impression good-faith-argument legal-first-impression narrow-construction objective-recklessness subjective-bad-faith
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-11-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May attorneys be sanctioned under 28-U.S.C-1927 for good-faith-arguments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED An attorney must never be sanctioned under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 for good faith arguments in areas of first legal impression. Even isolated breaches of that principle will “stifle the enthusiasm or chill the creativity that is the very lifeblood of the law.” Mone v. Comm’, 774 F.2d 570, 574 (2d Cir. 1985) (observing that the statute must be “narrowly construed and with great caution.”). Here, the lower courts breached that critically important principle by granting and later upholding a sanction under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 based upon a clear misunderstanding of the law and without any finding of subjective bad faith or objective recklessness. The questions presented are: I. May attorneys be sanctioned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 for filing a complaint which raises a good faith and legally supportable issue of first impression? Il. Is subjective bad faith or objective recklessness a mandatory requirement before imposing any sanctions on attorneys pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927? i

Docket Entries

2023-11-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-30
Waiver of right of respondent Title Check LLC to respond filed.
2023-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2023)
2023-08-08
Application (23A107) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 14, 2023.
2023-08-03
Application (23A107) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 15, 2023 to October 14, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Matthew Gronda, et al.
Philip Lee EllisonOutside Legal Counsel PLC, Petitioner
Philip Lee EllisonOutside Legal Counsel PLC, Petitioner
Title Check LLC
Theodore Wilson SeitzDykema Gossett PLLC, Respondent
Theodore Wilson SeitzDykema Gossett PLLC, Respondent