Court Opinion

ID: 9719032
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:41:05.605318+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:04.308495
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KAPSNER, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
[¶ 42] I concur with Justice Maring’s analysis of the issues raised by Riemers in ¶¶ 1-34 of the majority opinion. That analysis, however, reveals the number of times Riemers has attempted to re-litigate the same issues to the detriment of the other parties and the judicial system. See particularly ¶¶ 8-17 of the majority opinion.
[¶ 43] Riemers has managed to state a single issue on which the Court has not previously affirmatively spoken, resulting in the majority opinion now clearly adopting the doctrine that a litigant cannot bring a civil action in tort for perjury. See ¶ 23 of the majority opinion.
[¶ 44] However, merely articulating an issue should not prevent sanctions under these circumstances. The trial court concluded, and we affirm, that Riemers’ assertion of the claim was not supported by sufficient facts to survive summary judgment. Rather than being a reason not to sanction, the assertion of this “new” claim is actually another basis for sanctions under N.D.R.CivJP. 11(b)(3).
[¶ 45] Reimers’ repetitive assertions of previously decided claims and assertions of claims without evidentiary support are flagrant violations of N.D.R.Civ.P. 11(b). Therefore, I cannot join the majority in its disposition of the motion for sanctions. Rule 11 provides for sanctions that are either monetary or nonmonetary directives; both would be appropriate here. At minimum, I would prohibit Riemers from filing any further actions or motions naming Peters-Riemers as a party without explicit permission from a district judge, unless the sole request was to modify child support and the motion brought not less than one year after the last order dealing with child support. See Federal Land Bank of St. Paul v. Ziebarth, 520 N.W.2d 51, 57 (N.D.1994). Further, to assist the district judge in deciding whether the claims asserted were actually new claims not previously litigated, I would require Riemers to attach to his request for permission to file, a copy of every opinion cited by the majority opinion in which Riemers is a party.
[¶ 46] CAROL RONNING KAPSNER and WILLIAM A. NEUMANN, JJ., concur.