Brandon Scroggin v. Credit Bureau of Jonesboro

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 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, 111 S.Ct. 2123, 115 L.Ed.2d 27 (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…