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GOFORTH v. OWENS

No. 85-8013 Non-Argument Calendar.

766 F.2d 1533 (1985)

Minnie GOFORTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Roger Douglas OWENS, M.D., Roger Douglas Owens, M.D., P.C., James F. Parks, M.D., P.C., Pierce Kendall Dixon, M.D., Pierce Kendall Dixon, M.D., P.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Parker, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Brim III, Gainesville, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff appeals a dismissal with prejudice of a diversity medical malpractice action for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Because the district court acted within the bounds of its discretion in imposing this sanction, we affirm.

This medical malpractice action was originally filed in state court in May 1981. On the day of the state court trial date in September 1983, plaintiff voluntarily...

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