United States Seventh Circuit

District court acted within its discretion in dismissing with prejudice the underlying ERISA suit as a sanction for plaintiff's having misrepresented his financial condition in his application to be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2002
• Published 04/30/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank Thomas (submitted a brief), Matteson, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David B. Kahng (submitted a brief), McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.