Failure to Cooperate – Failure to Prosecute

By: Derek Hawkins//June 20, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Cedric Dupree v. Marcus Hardy, et al

Case No.: 16-2212; 16-3515

Officials: POSNER, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Failure to Cooperate – Failure to Prosecute

We have consolidated for decision two cases in which the district judges and volunteer lawyers generously gave uncooperative plaintiffs every opportunity to pursue their claims. In both cases the plaintiffs responded with further failures to cooperate with orderly litigation. After showing more patience than necessary, the district judges dismissed both cases for failure to prosecute. We affirm both eminently reasonable decisions.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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