Prosser must pay G.O.B. legal fees for “frivolous motion”

In related news, the Belize Government has won a minor victory in its continuing legal battle with Jeffrey Prosser in the U.S. courts. It seems that in a preliminary attempt at mediation in connection with Prosser’s appeal of the ruling against him in Federal District Court, his attorneys were angry that only G.O.B.’s lawyers showed up and not an actual member of government. They applied to the appellate court for sanctions, but in a ruling yesterday the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals not only denied that motion for sanctions but ruled that the request amounted to a frivolous motion and ordered Prosser to pay the legal fees incurred by Belmopan in defending against that particular legal move. Rulings on the substantive appeal by Prosser and G.O.B.’s own appeal against the district judge’s contempt order are not expected any time soon.