Lisa Olivarez v. GEO Group, Inc.

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Attorneys Shawn K. Fitzpatrick and Timothy Flocos (collectively, “Appellants”) were sanctioned by the district court for certifying that them clients’ initial disclosures under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) were complete and correct even though the, disclosures- failed to mention evidence that Appellants later used during a deposition. Appellants now ask this Court to reverse the district court’s decision and remit to them the monetary sanctions collected by the district court. We AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

In 2012 and 2013, Plaintiff Lisa Velasquez Olivarez…