(noting that federal courts have the inherent power to sanction parties and lawyers). This includes the “inherent power to sanction a fraud upon the Court, which sanction can include dismissal of a case.” Gyasi v. M/V “ANDRE, ” No. 07-CV-23282, 2008 WL 162644, at *2 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 16, 2008). “Because of their very potency, inherent powers must be exercised with restraint and discretion.”
This includes the “inherent power to sanction a fraud upon the Court, which sanction can include dismissal of a case.” Gyasi v. M/V “ANDRE, ” No. 07-23282-CIV, 2008 WL 162644, at *2 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 16, 2008). “Invocation of a court's inherent power requires a finding of bad faith.”
This includes the "inherent power to sanction a fraud upon the Court, which sanction can include dismissal of a case." Gyasi v. M/V "ANDRE," No. 07-23282-CIV, 2008 WL 162644, at *2 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 16, 2008) (citation omitted). Invocation of the Court's inherent power requires a finding of bad faith.