Anthony Johnson v. Richard Kamminga, G. Brown, Lieutenant Dave Conover

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This case stems from a civil rights complaint which had languished in the district court for over seven years due, for the most part to the pretrial delays of the plaintiff, Anthony Johnson. After Johnson faded to appear in court on the first day of trial, the district court finally put an end to the delay, dismissing the case with prejudice for failure to prosecute. Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b). Johnson appeals the decision to dismiss. We affirm.

On June 2, 1986, Johnson, then a prisoner at the Menard Correctional Center, filed a civil rights lawsuit against various officials of…