United States First Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for decedent's benefits pursuant to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) as a sanction for disobeying a court order is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in the dismissal due to plaintiffs' repeated and unexplained recalcitrance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/28/2005
• Published 12/28/2005

Judges

• CYR, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rafael A. Oliveras-López de Victoria for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Angel Castillo, Jr., with whom Lisa R. Askowitz, Larissa C. Garriga-Cesaní, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP were on brief for appellees.