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SECREASE v. WESTERN & SOUTHERN LIFE INS. CO.

No. 15-1328.

800 F.3d 397 (2015)

Neal D. SECREASE, JR., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The WESTERN & SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal D. Secrease, Jr., Cutler, IN, pro se.

Michael Paul Palmer , Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, South Bend, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is a reminder of a district judge's inherent power to impose the severe sanction of dismissal (on a plaintiff) or default (on a defendant) when a party deliberately tries to defraud the court. We affirm the dismissal with prejudice here.

Plaintiff Neil Secrease sued his former employer, The Western &...

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