THOMPSON v. FLEMING

No. 25599.

402 F.2d 266 (1968)

Alex THOMPSON, Jr., Appellant, v. J. D. FLEMING, Individually and as Patrolman of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denison Ray, Martha M. Wood, Jackson, Miss., for appellant.

William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Marx, Special Counsel, Miss. Hwy. Patrol, Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before GEWIN and BELL, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The appellant complains of an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi denying his motion for a continuance and thereafter dismissing the complaint when his counsel refused to proceed to trial at the time and place when the case was docketed for trial. We affirm.

The complaint was filed on June 28, 1966. It was signed by two attorneys and a third attorney was shown as "of counsel". All three attorneys whose...

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