Legal Opinion
Lynda Peart v. City of New York, New York City Police Department, Raymond Kelly, David Dinkins
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 3, 1993No. 1258, Docket 92-9189PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Lynda Peart appeals from a judgment entered in the Southern District of New York, Samuel Conti, District Judge, of the Northern District of California, sitting by designation, which dismissed her action with prejudice pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) and imposed monetary sanctions in the amount of $36,483 on her counsel for refusal to comply with an order of the court and for failure to prosecute the action.
On appeal, appellant claims that the court abused its discretion in dismissing the action and in imposing monetary sanctions against her attorney.
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