United States Fifth Circuit

The district court was well within its discretion in awarding default judgment as a sanction, where defendants failed to comply with discovery orders.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/05/2003
• Published 05/05/2003

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before BENAVIDES, STEWART and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jack C. Leary (argued), Leary & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA, for Claimants-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David Haskell Henderson, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.