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· 11/18/2013

Walters v. Buchanan

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 640
  • 187 L. Ed. 2d 424
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 3298
  • 571 U.S. 1026
  • 2013 WL 4978030
  • 2013 U.S. LEXIS 8170

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that the Court had no reason to believe that the case at issue strained the docket in any unusual way despite a two-year stall
  • holding that sua sponte dismissal may be warranted “[i]f the plaintiff fails to prosecute or to comply with [the] rules or a court order”
  • holding that sua sponte dismissal may be warranted “[i]f the plaintiff fails to prosecute or to comply with [the] rules or a court order”
  • holding that sua sponte dismissal may be warranted “[i]f the plaintiff fails to prosecute or to comply with [the] rules or a court order.”
  • holding that sua sponte dismissal may be warranted “[i]f the plaintiff fails to prosecute or to comply with [the] rules or a court order”
  • holding that a district court’s dismissal was an abuse of discretion in part because plaintiff received inadequate notice and did not receive an opportunity to be heard

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