Donald Craig Reynolds v. Steve Foree, Jail Superintendent, and Patrick D. Rackers, Corrections Director

Donald Craig Reynolds appeals pro se from a final judgment entered in the District Court for the District of Nebraska dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. For reversal appellant argues that the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the complaint because of appellant’s failure to appear at a pretrial conference. For the reasons 'discussed below, we reverse and remand.

In January 1984 appellant, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California, filed this § 1983 action' in the district court alleging various violations of his constitutional…