BARRETO v. CITIBANK, N.A.

No. 89-2016.

907 F.2d 15 (1990)

Dr. Armando BARRETO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITIBANK, N.A., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eudoro Balmaceda, for appellants.

Nestor Duran, with whom McConnell, Valdes, Kelley, Sifre, Griggs & Ruiz-Suria, was on brief for Citibank, N.A.

Jorge L. Catala-Monge, with whom Catala & Rochet was on brief for Wilfredo Santiago Rivera.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, and COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal challenges an order of the district court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for failure of counsel, though specifically ordered, to answer interrogatories and to appear for an Initial Scheduling Conference (ISC). The sanction imposed by the court was, on this record of inexcusable inaction, clearly within its discretion. We affirm.

The plaintiffs filed suit on April 17, 1989, alleging that defendant bank had negligently committed the...

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