Larry Scruggs, Jr. v. Wauwatosa Savings Bank, et al
| LARRY SCRUGGS, JR. |
| WAUWATOSA SAVINGS BANK, WILLIAM BRUSS, MICHAEL SCHOENDORF, WALDEN & SCHUSTER, SC and STEPHEN HAYES |
| 17-3240 |
| October 27, 2017 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit |
| Other Civil Rights |
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| Larry Scruggs, Jr. v. Wauwatosa Savings Bank |
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Filed Nonprecedential Disposition PER CURIAM. The district judge also did not abuse his discretion in imposing sanctions. He permissibly relied on Scruggs s litigation history and his frivolous replay of his failed state court arguments to impose reasonable attorney fees and expenses. See Bethesda Lutheran Homes & Servs., Inc., v. Born, 238 F.3d 853, 859 (7th Cir. 2001) (sanctions merited for filing federal claims already resolved by prior litigation); Bacon v. Am. Fed n of State, Cty., & Mun. Emps. Council, No. 13, 795 F.2d 33, 35 (7th Cir. 1986) ( [W]hen a layman persists in a hopeless cause long after it should have been clear to him, as a reasonable (though not law trained) person, that his cause was indeed hopeless, sanctions should be imposed . ). And we now warn Scruggs: If he continues to file frivolous papers, he will be fined and any papers that he attempts to file in any court of this circuit will be returned unfiled until that sanction is paid. See Support Sys. Int l, Inc., v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185, 186 (7th Cir. 1995). Accordingly, the judgment is AFFIRMED. Joel M. Flaum, Circuit Judge; Michael S. Kanne, Circuit Judge and Diane S. Sykes, Circuit Judge. [6926326-1] [6926326] [17-3240]
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