See also this unpub from 4/2 here, where appellate sanctions are denied, but the appeal "comes right up to the line of sanctionable conduct" and some "remarks cross the line from vigorously asserting [] legal position[s] to ad hominem attack." "[I]t is telling that the closest legal question presented by this appeal is whether sanctions should be imposed. We caution [the pro per appellant] to proceed carefully in the future."
[9/15 update: The DJ has Court fines attorney $30,000 over frivolous San Francisco appeal -- An appellate court fined L.A. attorney Daniel Geoulla $30,000 for a frivolous scooter-injury appeal, upheld $8,000 in trial sanctions, referred him to the State Bar, and rebuked obstruction of discovery and examinations.]
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