DocketNumber： 13-3346
Judges： Bye, Smith, Kelly
Filed Date： 8/15/2014
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 11/6/2024
United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 13-3346 ___________________________ Brandon Scroggin lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Credit Bureau of Jonesboro, Inc. lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro ____________ Submitted: August 5, 2014 Filed: August 15, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before BYE, SMITH, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Brandon Scroggin appeals an order of the district court,1 directing him to pay attorney’s fees as a sanction for deliberately misusing the judicial process. After 1 The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. careful review, we find no abuse of the district court’s broad discretion to sanction a party under its inherent powers. See Chambers v. NASCO, Inc.,501 U.S. 32
, 56-57 (1991) (party’s deliberate misuse of judicial process was sanctionable under court’s inherent powers; amount of award was warranted by, inter alia, need to ensure abuses would not be repeated); Kelly v. Golden,352 F.3d 344
, 352 (8th Cir. 2003) (district court has broad discretion to decide appropriate sanctions); Lamb Eng’g & Constr. Co. v. Nebraska Pub. Power Dist.,103 F.3d 1422
, 1435 (8th Cir. 1997) (inherent power depends on conduct during litigation, not on which party wins); see also Marx v. Gen. Revenue Corp.,133 S. Ct. 1166
, 1175-76 (2013) (district court has inherent power to award attorney’s fees, notwithstanding attorney’s fees provisions of Federal Debt Collection Practices Act). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-