Legal Opinion
Woodson v. Surgitek, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1995No. 94-60008PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing the plaintiffs complaint with prejudice. The district court ordered the dismissal under its inherent power as a sanction for delays caused by the plaintiff. Finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm.
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Unfortunately, to review the sanction of dismissal ultimately imposed by the district court, we must recount the long and tortured course this litigation has taken. On December 4, 1991, the plaintiff, Hayes Hudson, 1 through his attorney, Veronica Davis, filed suit in the 56th…
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