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SAMM v. GRINA

Nos. 87-731, 87-732.

542 A.2d 836 (1988)

Evangeline SAMM, Appellant, v. Trina GRINA & Plaza West Co-Op Association, Inc., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evangeline Samm, pro se.

Sanford A. Friedman, for appellees. Keith M. Bonner, Washington, D.C., filed a brief, for appellees.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Evangeline Samm filed this lawsuit as a pro se litigant in August, 1984. On March 12, 1987, the trial court dismissed the case because of Samm's failure to attend a pretrial conference. Samm argues that on the record before us, dismissal was an improper sanction. We agree and reverse.

A pretrial conference was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on March 12, 1987. Samm failed to appear at that time. The court waited until 3:00 p.m. and then...

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