Julio Antonio Silva v. Pro Transport, Inc.

Plaintiff Juan Antonio Silva appeals a district court order assessing sanctions against him and his attorneys. Silva sued his employer, Pro Transport, Inc., and its owners, Oscar Acharandio and Tony Menendez, to recover unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 - 19. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants, concluding that judicial estoppel barred Silva's FLSA claim because he had failed to disclose it as an asset in his Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The district court then sanctioned Silva and his attorneys because it found that they…