Legal Opinion
A. M. Pearson v. Denny Dennison
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1965No. 19506_1PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a dismissal of the action under Rule 41(b) F.R.Civ.P. The action, in which seven individuals and three corporations are named as defendants, was filed on January 18, 1962. It was dismissed on May 21, 1964. The ground for dismissal was “failure to prosecute.”
When the complaint was filed, summons was issued, but the Marshal re ceived no instructions as to service and returned it unserved on July 12, 1962. Nothing happened until February 20, 1963. On that day the clerk, acting under local rule 10(d), 1 put the matter on its calendar for dismissal on the…
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