Hessmer v. Hessmer

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that it is imperative that courts remain “mindful of the boundary between fairness to a pro se litigant and unfairness to the pro se litigant’s adversary”
• affirming dismissal for failure to prosecute where plaintiff made no effort to properly serve the -9- defendant for seven months
• affirming dismissal of a plaintiff’s case despite a court clerk’s failure to comply with a local rule requiring the court to give the plaintiff notice that his complaint was subject to be dismissed
• incarcerated pro se plaintiff obligated to see that summonses were timely issued and served in a manner consistent with the rules of civil procedure
• “Tennessee’s trial courts possess broad discretionary authority to control their dockets and the proceedings in their courts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).