By: Derek Hawkins//June 20, 2017//
7th 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