JUDKINS v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

No. 83-7307 Non-Argument Calendar.

723 F.2d 818 (1984)

Arthur JUDKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, James Killingsworth, Seymour Coleman, Ed Stacey and Chuck Palmiter, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine Turner, Carolyn Gaines-Varner, Selma, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

William F. Gardner, Birmingham, Ala., for Beech Aircraft Corp.

Before HATCHETT, ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Arthur Judkins' Title VII claim was dismissed by the district court because he was five days late in complying with a magistrate's order to file more exact pleadings. We find that this dismissal was an abuse of discretion; we therefore reverse and remand.

Judkins was discharged from his employment on July 17, 1981, and filed a complaint with the EEOC on August 24, 1981. Judkins received a right-to-sue letter from the...

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