JONES v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSP. AUTH. (NFTA)

No. 271, Docket 87-7502.

836 F.2d 731 (1987)

Walter L. JONES and Walter L. Jones Development Corporation, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (NFTA) et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Jones, pro se.

James A.W. McLeod, Buffalo, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant Walter L. Jones Development Corp., Inc.

Paul I. Perlman, Buffalo, N.Y. (Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Siegfried Const. Co., Inc., Siegfried/Slattery, Fruin-Colnon Corp., Traylor Bros. Inc., S & M/McHugh/Kenny, Nat. Elec. Contractors Ass'n, Plumbing Contractors Ass'n of Erie County, Marine Midland Bank, NA, Executor of Cornelius J. Cavanaugh, deceased, John J. Sanders, S.H. Bartholomew.

Dominic J. Terranova and Mary Perla, Buffalo, N.Y., for defendant-appellee Niagara Frontier Transp. Authority.

Roger P. Williams, U.S. Atty., and Joseph B. Mistrett, Buffalo, N.Y., for defendant-appellee Urban Mass Transp. Admin.

Richard A. Clack, Buffalo, N.Y. (Saperston & Day, P.C., of counsel), for defendants-appellees The John W. Cowper Co., Inc. and Irving Francis.

William J. McDermott, Niagara Falls, N.Y., for defendants-appellees Albert Elia Building Co., Inc. and Lawrence Elia.

Richard Lipsitz and Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr., Buffalo, N.Y. (Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuler & James, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Donald J. Blair and Building Trades Council of Buffalo and Vicinity, Ronald M. Fino and Laborers Local Union No. 210, Joseph F. Colern and Michael Fitzpatrick Iron Workers Local Union No. 6, Leonard S. Coniglio and Cement Masons Local Union No. 511, Leo Hopkins and Operating Engineers Local Union No. 17, 17A, 17B, Donald J. Blair as an Official of the Const. Industry Coalition for Economic Recovery of Western New York; Greater Buffalo Sheet Metal & Roofing Ass'n, Paul Gilbert (Official), Asbestos Workers Local Union No. 4, Jack Kelleher (Official), Boiler Makers Local Union No. 7, John Barry Jarzynski (Official), Bricklayers Local Union No. 45, James Joseph McGovern, Elec. Workers Local Union No. 41, Melborne H. Rich (Official), Elevator Constructors Local Union No. 14, Donald M. Winkle (Official), Glazers Local Union No. 660, James J. Coyle, Painters Dist. Council No. 4, Jim V. Griffo (Official), Plasterers Local Union No. 9, Samuel F. Antonio (Official), Roofers Local Union No. 74, Angelo Pagano (Official), Sheet Metals Workers Local Union No. 71, George J. Cuddihy (Official), Steamfitters Local Union No. 395, Donald J. Blair (Official), Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Workers Helpers Local Union No. 8, Daniel J. Mecca (Official).

Jerome C. Gorski, Buffalo, N.Y. (Gorski & Manias, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Buffalo AFL-CIO Council and George L. Wessel.

E. Joseph Giroux, Jr., Buffalo, N.Y., for defendants-appellees Carpenters Dist., Council of Buffalo & Vicinity, U.A. Plumbers Local Union No. 36, Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449, Herman F. Bodewes, Lathers Local Union 32, Frank A. Sciabarrasi, Ervin M. Walker, Larry Connelly.

Joseph L. Randazzo, Buffalo, N.Y. (Flaherty, Cohen, Grande, Randazzo & Doren, P.C., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Const. Industry Coalition for Economic Recovery of Western New York, Const. Industry Employers Ass'n, Inc. and Bernard Shevlin.

Michael L. Beilewech, Jr., Buffalo, N.Y. (Magavern & Magavern, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Mechanical Contractors Ass'n of Buffalo & Vicinity, Inc.

Victor C. Silverstein, Buffalo, N.Y. (Lippes, Kaminsky, Silverstein, Porter, Mathias, Wexler & Calverley, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Boiler Makers Ass'n and Louis D. Madia.

Peter H. Schiff, Albany, N.Y., Deputy Sol. Gen. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., William J. Kogan, Ass't Sol. Gen., John Q. Driscoll, Asst. Atty. Gen.), for defendant-appellee New York State Dept. of Transp.

Before LUMBARD, KEARSE and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges.


ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Walter L. Jones, pro se ("Jones"), and the Walter L. Jones Development Corp. ("the Corporation"), appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John T. Elfvin, Judge, dismissing appellants' complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2)(C). Judge Elfvin dismissed the action because of Jones' persistent refusal, in the face of warnings by the court and the Corporation's attorney, to answer...

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