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SHERMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-2580.

801 F.2d 1133 (1986)

Howard J. and Camilla J. SHERMAN, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Scholz, San Jose, Cal., for plaintiffs/appellants.

Steven Parks, Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant/appellee.

Before FARRIS, HALL and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

It is well established that a judge may dismiss a case when the plaintiff fails to prosecute. See, e.g., Link v. Wabash Railroad, 370 U.S. 626, 633, 82 S.Ct. 1386, 1390, 8 L.Ed.2d 734 (1962); Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1232 (9th Cir.1984). This case raises the novel question whether a judge may dismiss a case when the plaintiff fails to prosecute a related case in another...

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