222183P.pdf   08/25/2023  Matthew Kezhaya  v.  City of Belle Plaine
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-2183
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Benton, 
   Circuit Judge] 
   Civil case - Attorney Sanctions. The district court did not abuse its 
   discretion by awarding defendants attorneys' fees as a Rule 11 sanction 
   after plaintiff's counsel filed a duplicative lawsuit; the district court 
   did not abuse its discretion in deciding to impose a monetary sanction 
   rather than a lesser sanction such as a reprimand; even if the city's 
   insurance carrier ultimately paid the city's attorneys' charged fees for 
   preparing a motion to dismiss the second suit, the fees were incurred for 
   the motion and could be awarded under Rule 11(c)(2); the amount awarded 
   was not an abuse of the court's discretion.