Dist. Ct. in four separate cases did not abuse its discretion in dismissing as sanction claims by plaintiff-attorney seeking to collect on judgment that had been entered against his former clients following attorney fee dispute that plaintiff had with his former clients. Record showed that Dist. Ct. Judge had previously disqualified plaintiff from attempting to collect on said judgment, and that plaintiff had willfully defied said order by continuing to collect on said judgment by filing instant four lawsuits. While plaintiff argued that Dist. Ct.’s disqualification order was wrongly decided, defendant had failed to properly appeal said order and could not seek to challenge said order by filing instant lawsuits. Moreover, dismissal as opposed to any lesser sanction was appropriate due to plaintiffs’ continued violation of disqualification order.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Sanctions