Frank Thomas v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

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• concluding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing case as sanction for lying on application to proceed in forma pauperis
• concluding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing case as sanction for lying on application to proceed in forma pauperis
• concluding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing case as sanction for lying on application to proceed in forma pauperis
• noting that dismissal without prejudice is no sanction at all, unless the 4 statute of limitations has expired
• noting that dismissal with prejudice appropriate where “monetary sanction would probably be difficult to collect”
• noting that dismissal with prejudice may be the only feasible sanction when a litigant tries to defraud the court

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