MINDEK v. RIGATTI

No. 92-3040.

964 F.2d 1369 (1992)

Ronald L. MINDEK; Ben Mindek, Appellants v. Thomas G. RIGATTI; Harold Purdy; Mark Dorsey; Samuel J. Secreet; Mark Joyce; Michael Bowen; Michael Phillips; Lyman Bellaire, Mayor of McDonald Borough, Washington County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Borough of McDonald, Washington County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; William Tohey; Bryan Barbour; Cecil Township, Washington County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; James Garove; James Horvath; Chartiers Township, Washington County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; June Lilley, District Justice, Managerial District 27-3-8 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Paul Pozonsky, District Justice, Magisterial District 27-3-6 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; John C. Pettit, District Attorney, Washington County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Michael Fagella, Assistant District Attorney, Washington County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Thomas D. Cladden, Judge, Washington County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Mindek, pro se.

Ben Mindek, pro se.

Roger J. Ecker, Barbara A. Rizzo, Peacock, Keller, Yohe, Day & Ecker, Washington, Pa., for appellees Rigatti, Purdy, Dorsey, Secreet, and Borough of McDonald.

Peter J. Taylor, Murphy, Taylor & Trout, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Barbour.

A. Taylor Williams, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Administrative Office of Pa. Courts, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees Lilley and Pozonsky.

Melvin B. Bassi, Bassi & Rega, Charleroi, Pa., for appellees Pettit and Fagella.

Before: BECKER, ALITO, and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) on May 1, 1992.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

For the second time in four years, and after the labors of a federal magistrate judge, two district court judges and four panels of this Court, we must once again consider the case of two plaintiffs who, virtually from the commencement of their suit four years ago, have continually flouted court orders and denigrated the authority of the magistrate...

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