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· 12/12/1988

American Inmate Paralegal Assoc. Melvin Leroy Tyler Johnny Nylon Gary Johnson Kent Scott Adolph Neal v. Donald v. Cline Chuck Rosenkoetter Mary Basham

Citations

  • 859 F.2d 59

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • applying “clear record of delay and contumacious conduct” standard cited above for dismissal for failure to make discovery to dismissal under Rule 41(b)
  • discussing the court’s power to impose monetary sanctions for violations of FED. R. CIV. P. 11 in pro se cases
  • court may dismiss under Rule 41(b) for failure to comply with court order, and such a dismissal operates as an adjudication on the merits
  • “Pro se litigants are not excused from complying with court orders or substantive and procedural laws.”
  • “Pro se litigants are not excused from complying with court orders or substantive and procedural laws.”
  • “[T]he voluminous amount of frivolous documents submitted by appellants—all typed—in connection with this litigation supports the dismissal with prejudice . . . .”

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Judges: Heaney, Bowman, Beam

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