Legal Opinion
Davis v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1978No. 77-2636PublishedCited by 340 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
Stanley Davis appeals the dismissal of his complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. We affirm.
Davis, who was then confined in the Maryland House of Correction,1 filed a complaint by counsel on October 7, 1975, alleging that he had been denied essential medical treatment for a hip injury received before his incarceration. He sought damages and an injunction preventing further deprivations of his constitutional and statutory rights, and he immediately applied for a preliminary injunction.
When the district court heard the…
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