Legal Opinion
William Morris Jeanne Morris v. Morgan Stanley & Co. Randal Longfield
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1991No. 89-15727, 89-16129PublishedCited by 614 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
William and Jeanne Morris appeal from a July 1989 Order of the District Court for the Northern District of California dismissing their action for failure to prosecute under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). We review a dismissal under Rule 41(b) for abuse of discretion. Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1440 (9th Cir.1988) (per curiam). Appellants also assert the district court was without jurisdiction to issue either the order dismissing their suit or a subsequent order clarifying the order dismissing the action. The existence of subject matter jurisdiction is a…
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