MOON v. NEWSOME

No. 88-8049 Non-Argument Calendar.

863 F.2d 835 (1989)

David Richard MOON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lanson NEWSOME, Warden, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Richard Moon, Reidsville, Ga., pro se.

William Phillips Tinkler, Jr., Decatur, Ga., Michael E. Hobbs, State Law Dept., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before HATCHETT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we consider whether the damage suit of a pro se plaintiff proceeding in forma pauperis can be dismissed for failure to pay costs assessed as a penalty for unreasonable refusal to obey a discovery order. We believe such dismissals are permitted. Under the circumstances, the district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing this action. We affirm the court's judgment....

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