Ledford v. Peeples

Summary

The Eleventh Circuit, sitting en banc, considered only the appellees’ cross-appeal concerning the district court’s denial of sanctions. The court affirmed that ruling, declined to reconsider the panel’s summary-judgment rulings, and remanded the case to the panel to reissue specified portions of its prior opinion.

Holdings

1. The appellees did not show that the district court abused its discretion in denying sanctions based on paragraphs 64 and 90 of the complaint.
2. The en banc court did not reconsider the portions of the prior panel opinion affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment to the appellees; those portions were to be reissued by the panel.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the district court abused its discretion by denying the appellees' motion for sanctions based on paragraphs 64 and 90 of the complaint.
2. What effect the en banc rehearing had on the portions of the prior panel opinion affirming summary judgment that were not reconsidered.

Disposition

affirmed