FARNSWORTH v. CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MO.

No. 88-1978.

863 F.2d 33 (1989)

Garland FARNSWORTH and John L. Johnson, Appellants, v. CITY OF KANSAS CITY, Mo.; George L. Sharp, Prosecutor for the City of Kansas City, Mo.; Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, Mo.; Lawrence Joiner, Chief of Police, Kansas City, Mo. Police Department; Present or former Police Officers of Kansas City, Mo. Police Department; James D. Byram; Ulon W. Haynes; Graham L. Cummings; Gary R. Majors; Leslie H. Ramsey; Dean B. Kelly; George L. Burns; James Komoroswi; James E. Portwood; Phillip J. Stockard; David Ray; Jerry Fortney; Gregory Watkins; Delois Prymus; Linda C. Walker; John Doe and Mary Roe, other Police Officers of the City of Kansas City, Mo., whose identity is presently unknown; Present or former citizens and residents of the City of Kansas City, Mo.; Robert Truss, Sr.; Mary Truss; David Truss; Robert Truss, Jr.; Paul Truss; Barbara Fuhr; Pamela Brown; Charles Gallipeau; Walter David; Lucinda Blandford; Raymond Blandford; John Doe and Mary Roe, other citizens and residents of the City of Kansas City, Mo., whose identity is presently unknown, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland Farnsworth and John L. Johnson, pro se.

Robert M. Sommers, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 15, 1989.

PER CURIAM.

Garland Farnsworth and John Johnson appeal pro se from the order of the district court1 sua sponte dismissing with prejudice their civil rights action for failure to comply with the district court's orders to cooperate with appellees in preparing a discovery schedule. For reversal, appellants argue (1) the district court...

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