Yan Zocaras v. Castro
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
If, as the Bible says, “[a]n honest answer is like a kiss on the lips,” Proverbs 24:26 (N.I.V.), a pleading founded on a lie is like a kick in the gut. The question this appeal presents is whether a district court can dismiss a case with prejudice because the plaintiff filed and litigated his complaint under a false name.
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The plaintiffs real name, we now know, is Cesar Vasquez. The first time he was arrested in Florida was in 1997 for cocaine trafficking. On that occasion he gave the arresting officers the name Yan Michael Zocaras, and he was booked into the Department…
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