Opinion ID: 613145
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Order Granting Sanctions

Text: The plaintiffs also challenge the district court's order of sanctions. Their argument is as follows: The court's grant of sanctions, including what amounts to rulings on the merits and remedies outside the scope of the claimed infractions, is reversible error because the court had not granted the request for filing Plaintiffs Third Amended Complaint and the Defendant Newmont sought sanctions when it had no obligation to answer or respond to Plaintiffs request. Pl. Br. in No. 09-2117 at xxx. They make very similar arguments in appeal Nos. 10-1477/10-1837, however, and given the lack of development of the argument here, we will consider the propriety of the sanctions order in appeal Nos. 10-1477/10-1837. See Part II.B. infra.