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163382P.pdf   07/25/2017  Kenneth Castleberry  v.  USAA
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3382
                          and No:  16-3482
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Benton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil Procedure. The district court erred when it found 
   appellants' counsel violated Rule 11 by dismissing this putative class 
   action for the allegedly improper purpose of seeking a more favorable 
   forum and avoiding an adverse decision; counsel did not violate Fed. R. 
   Civ. P. 41(a)(1) in stipulating to a dismissal of the action and counsel 
   had at least a colorable legal argument that the district court's approval 
   was not needed under Rule 23(e) to voluntarily dismiss the claims of the 
   putative class; as there was no Rule 11 violation, the court erred in 
   reprimanding counsel as a sanction for the violation. Reversed and 
   remanded for further proceedings.