Legal Opinion
Bennie M. Callip v. Harris County Child Welfare Department, George Ford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1985No. 84-2506PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff-appellant appeals the dismissal for want of prosecution of her civil rights complaint. We conclude that, by dismissing the complaint, the district court did not abuse its discretion. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
I
On September 17, 1981, Bennie M. Callip (Callip), a black female, commenced this Title VII-42 U.S.C. § 1981 suit against George Ford (Ford), the Texas Department of Human Resources (TDHR), the Harris County Child Welfare Department (HCCWD), Mary Ann Whitefield (Whitefield) and George Daniel (Daniel). 1 The complaint, which was filed on…
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