Legal Opinion
William Hallam Webber v. The Eye Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 28, 1983No. 82-3020PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant, William Webber, appeals from an order of the district court dismissing two claims of his complaint for failure to prosecute and one claim for want of jurisdiction. We reverse and order the case reinstated on the district court calendar.
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A dismissal of an action for failure to prosecute, whether pursuant to Rule 41(b) 1 or under the district court’s inherent power to control its own docket, see Link v. Wabash Railroad Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31, 82 S.Ct. 1386, 1389, 8 L.Ed.2d 734 (1962), will not be disturbed by this court in the absence of an abuse of discretion. Id.;…
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3Cited by134 opinions
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