Jiminez v. Madison Area Technical College

ARGUED MAY 31, 2002 Plaintiff Elvira Jimenez (""Jimenez"") filed an action against her former employer Madison Area Technical College (the ""College"") under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, alleging that the College had discriminated against her on the basis of race, ethnic origin, and sex. After finding that Jimenez had relied on falsified documents to support her civil rights claims, the district court sanctioned Jimenez, under Rule 11(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and dismissed her suit with prejudice. 1 Jimenez claims that imposition of such a harsh sanction amounts to an abuse of discretion. We affirm the district court's dismissal of Jimenez's Complaint.