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DURHAM v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 84-730.

494 A.2d 1346 (1985)

Melvyn S. DURHAM, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mercer Gordon Anderson, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Michele Giuliani, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, FERREN, Associate Judge, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PRYOR, Chief Judge:

In this appeal, appellant Melvyn S. Durham contends that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing his complaint as a sanction for his attorney's failure to appear at a pretrial conference. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand the case for further proceedings.

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In a complaint dated August 6, 1980, appellant filed suit against the District of Columbia and certain Metropolitan Police Department officers...

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