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MINGO v. SUGAR CANE GROWERS CO-OP. OF FLORIDA

No. 87-5710 Non-Argument Calendar.

864 F.2d 101 (1989)

Hugh D. MINGO, Individually and on Behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. SUGAR CANE GROWERS CO-OP OF FLORIDA a/k/a "Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida," Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Margaret Pointer, Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before VANCE, KRAVITCH and COX, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff appeals the district court's order dismissing his action, with prejudice, for want of prosecution. We vacate the order and remand the cause to the trial court.

The district court possesses the inherent power to police its docket. Link v. Wabash Railroad Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-30, 82 S.Ct. 1386, 1388, 8 L.Ed.2d 734 (1962). Incident to this power, the judge may impose formal sanctions upon dilatory...

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