Legal Opinion
Joseph Medeiros v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 28, 1980No. 80-1049PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOUGHLIN, District Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the district court judge abused his discretion in dismissing plaintiff’s action for lack of prosecution.
Plaintiff’s complaint was filed on November 15, 1977 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C., §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. alleging that he was injured in March, 1976 while an inmate at Allenwood Prison Camp in Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
On March 12, 1979 the case was assigned for trial on May 29,1979. On May 21,1979 the court granted plaintiff’s motion to…
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- Eduardo Zavala Santiago v. Alfredo Gonzalez RiveraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Franklin W. Durgin, Catherine Durgin, and Orpha Durgin v. John T. Graham, M. Smith Burns, B. Clarke Nichols, and Lindsay Newspapers,inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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- Bernard P. Colokathis v. Wentworth-Douglass HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
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