173177P.pdf   01/08/2019  SPV-LS, LLC  v.  The Estate of Nancy Bergman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-3177
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Kelly and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil procedure. Because the estate used a motion for 
   reconsideration of the district court's ruling for the improper purpose of 
   introducing new arguments it could have raised earlier, and because the 
   estate failed to support these arguments with any evidence, even after 
   receiving additional time for discovery, the district court did not abuse 
   its discretion in refusing to reconsider its summary judgment order; the 
   district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs' request 
   to impose 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1927 sanctions against the estate's attorneys 
   based on its determination that it was plaintiffs' actions, rather than 
   counsel's, that caused any multiplication of proceedings; however, the 
   court erred in denying the estate's request for sanctions under Fed. R. 
   Civ. P. 26(g)(1) with respect to Attorney Kroll as it erroneously assessed 
   the evidence concerning a possible fraud, and the matter is remanded for 
   further proceedings on the issue; the court did not abuse its discretion 
   in denying Rule 26(g)(1) sanctions against Attorney Donahoe.