Legal Opinion
In re Bluestein & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 26, 1995No. 92-4100PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Per curiam
Alan Hoffman appealed two bankruptcy court decisions to district court. Five months later, due to Hoffman’s lengthy delay in filing his Appellant’s Brief, the district court dismissed his appeal for want of prosecution. Hoffman appeals to this court, arguing that the district court abused its discretion by dismissing the appeal without having warned his attorney in advance.
I. HISTORY
On May 6, 1992, Alan Hoffman filed notice of his appeal of two bankruptcy court decisions to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The district court directed that he was to file…
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