Court Opinion

ID: 9466318
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:12:08.766195+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:40.049252
License: Public Domain

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I agree with the result reached as ably expressed by Judge Tone, and only add an observation.
The plaintiff filed his complaint in May 1977. Defendant filed a timely Motion to Dismiss supported by his brief. Under the local rules, plaintiff had fifteen days within which to respond. Not only did plaintiff not file a response within the provided time, he never did. A few months later the case was dismissed. Plaintiff had notice of that dismissal but raised no question about it for another sixteen months. Plaintiff totally neglected his lawsuit for well over a year and a half. Plaintiff’s neglect is what caused this case to be brought here. If I could avoid rewarding that neglect, I would.