Wattleton v. United States Department of Probation
This text of 223 F. App'x 9 (Wattleton v. United States Department of Probation) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the First Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
After carefully considering the briefs and record on appeal, we affirm the judgment below.
District courts are empowered to dismiss suits when plaintiffs defy court orders. Angulo-Alvarez v. Aponte de la Torre, 170 F.3d 246 (1st Cir.1999); HMG Prop. Investors, Inc. v. Parque Indus. Rio Canas, Inc., 847 F.2d 908 (1st Cir.1988). The appellant makes no showing that the court abused its discretion in dismissing his action.
[10]*10The appellant’s argument that civilly committed inmates are not prisoners for certain purposes is beside the point. Moreover, the appellant fails adequately to address the district court’s reasoning that § 1915(a)(1) has been held to require everyone seeking in forma pauperis status to disclose their assets.
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. R. 27.0(c).
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