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Starr v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Feb 27, 2008
267 F. App'x 372 (5th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

No. 07-60405 Conference Calendar.

February 27, 2008.

Catherine M. Starr, Hattiesburg, MS, pro se.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, USDC No. 2:07-CV-68.

Before KING, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


Catherine M. Starr appeals the district court's dismissal of her suit for failure to comply with an earlier sanction order. The dismissal is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. See Gelabert v. Lynaugh, 894 F.2d 746, 747-8 (5th Cir. 1990). Stan-argues that the sanction order was false and was limited to the proceedings of the prior suit. Starr is correct in that the 1997 sanction order prohibited her, without exception, from filing any motions or pleadings related to the prior suit or her involuntary commitment to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield in this court or any district court in the circuit. The sanction order then provided that other pleadings or filings could be filed with the permission of a district judge. The record is clear that she was sanctioned by this court and that she had not complied with the sanction order by requesting and receiving permission to file the instant complaint. The district court did not abuse its discretion in enforcing the prior sanction order by dismissing Starr's complaint.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Starr v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Feb 27, 2008
267 F. App'x 372 (5th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

Starr v. U.S.

Case Details

Full title:Catherine M. STARR, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Feb 27, 2008

Citations

267 F. App'x 372 (5th Cir. 2008)

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