Keith O. Irby, a Texas resident, filed this pro se civil action on behalf of his company, Medi-Equip Sales & Rentals, against the captioned defendants, seeking to recover millions of dollars from the defendants for medical-equipment sales that he alleges were lost because the defendants fraudulently caused him to be prosecuted and convicted for mail fraud in 1989. The district court dismissed the action sua sponte pursuant to an August 23, 2002, sanction order in Irby’s criminal case, No. 88-CR-308-ALL, which prevented him from filing in the district court for the Southern District of Texas any action that “relates to his criminal case.”

*398 The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the instant lawsuit pursuant to the sanction order. See Gelabert v. Lynaugh, 894 F.2d 746, 747-48 (5th Cir. 1990). Irby has alleged in this action that the allegedly fraudulent conviction directly caused the harm for which he seeks redress. The action is thus directly related to his criminal action.

Irby’s “Answer to Request for Corporate Counsel,” construed as a request on behalf of Medi-Equip to proceed without a licensed attorney, is DENIED as unnecessary.

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.