United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal with prejudice of a civil rights lawsuit, as an FRCP 37(b) sanction, is affirmed where plaintiff deliberately filed his claim under a false name.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2002
• Decided 03/05/2003
• Published 03/05/2003

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Peters (argued), Murphy, Peters & Davis, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mara S. Georges,Meera Werth (argued), Office of Corporation Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.