· 2/2/1990
Lorenzo W. Coats v. Percy Pierre
Citations
- 890 F.2d 728
How courts have described this case
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- noting that the Court of Appeals has discretion in fashioning a response to the failure to include the transcript on appeal, and that dismissing the entire appeal is a drastic remedy to which we should rarely resort
- considering pro se plaintiff’s economic circumstances to justify reduction in sanctions amount
- “Judges are not impressed by papers that hurl epithets against the other side. Memoranda that are personally insulting to an adversary are also often offensive to the Court.”
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Judges: Clark, Thornberry, Gee
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