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Today's appellate math lesson -- A three-judge Second Circuit panel reports that it is "evenly divided" on whether federal magistrate judges have authority to impose Rule 11 sanctions

Today's appellate math lesson -- A three-judge Second Circuit panel reports that it is "evenly divided" on whether federal magistrate judges have authority to impose Rule 11 sanctions: Apparently the vote was one judge says "yes," a second judge says "no," while the third judge says "I don't know" and "I respectfully suggest that this knot needs to be untied by Congress or by the Supreme Court."

You can access today's ruling, which leaves that question unresolved, at this link. Each of the three judges on the panel writes separately on this issue following a short majority opinion that resolves the appeal on an alternate ground.

Full post as published by How Appealing on January 08, 2010 (boomark / email).