repetition of such conduct or comparable conduct by others similarly situated. Id. at 44-45, 111 S.Ct. 2123; Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of Am. v. Energy Gathering Inc., 86 F.3d 464, 467 (5th Cir.1996) (noting that the inherent authority to impose sanctions may only be exercised if essential to preserve the authority of the court and that the sanction imposed must employ the least possible power adequate to achieve its purpose). A court may assess attorneys’ fees as a sanction when a party has “acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons” in either instituting or conducting litigation. Chambers, 501 U.S. at 45-46, 111 S.Ct. 2123 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted); Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Case (In re Case), 937 F.2d 1014, 1023 (5th Cir.1991) (<HOLDING>). Courts generally evaluate the fees requested
recognizing power of bankruptcy court under  105 of the code and bankruptcy rule 9020 to impose contempt sanctions for violations of automatic stay holding that bankruptcy courts have inherent power to sanction and affirming sanctions imposed by bankruptcy court against a nonparty recognizing power of bankruptcy court to impose sanctions on parties and counsel who willfully abuse the judicial process but not finding sanctions appropriate against debtor and his attorney for their repeated bankruptcy filings holding that bankruptcy court may issue proposed findings and conclusions in a core proceeding over which the bankruptcy court does not have constitutional authority holding that the bankruptcy court has the inherent power to award sanctions for badfaith conduct in a bankruptcy court proceeding