Legal Opinion
Ruby H. Harris v. Reginald Callwood & Daisy Callwood
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1988No. 86-4001PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
The District Court dismissed Ruby Harris’ pro se breach of contract action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to comply with the Court’s pretrial order to appear for a final conference prior to trial.
Judge Lambros’ July 11, 1986, order1 indicates that a conference would take place on October 14, 1986. Harris, who is 79, argues that she never received a copy of this order and therefore she did not know her appearance was required in court on October 14. Harris states that beginning in June 1986, she on numerous occasions telephoned the court clerk’s…
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