Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 8, 2001, 99-56139 (David M. Fink v. James H. Gomez, Director, Diana Carloni Nourse)

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether, as a matter of law, a district court has authority under its inherent power to impose sanctions when an attorney has made reckless misstatements of law and fact, and has done so for an improper purpose.