POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this appeal is: when is it proper to dismiss a suit because the plaintiff failed to pay a sanction if the only reason for the failure is that he doesn't have the money to pay it?
The plaintiff had filed this lawsuit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against four police officers who he claimed had arrested him without probable cause and in doing so had assaulted him (causing facial scars that made it impossible...
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