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THOMAS v. GERBER PRODUCTIONS

No. 82-5184.

703 F.2d 353 (1983)

Donald Ray THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GERBER PRODUCTIONS & Columbia Pictures Television, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Ray Thomas, pro se.

Maren Christensen, Rosenfeld, Meyer, & Susman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before ROBB, SCHROEDER, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Donald Ray Thomas (hereinafter Thomas), acting as his own lawyer, has appealed from the dismissal of this action with prejudice. We reverse and remand.

After Thomas repeatedly, stubbornly, and improperly, ignored the patient efforts of the trial judge to compel completion of the taking of Thomas' deposition on December 14, 1981, the district court ordered that sanctions be imposed. The court stated as follows:

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