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NICKLES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 92-CV-405.

628 A.2d 113 (1993)

Joann D. NICKLES, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joann D. Nickles, pro se.

Phillip A. Lattimore, III, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on brief, for appellees.

Before FERREN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.

KERN, Senior Judge:

Appellant, appearing pro se, challenges the pretrial dismissal of her complaint against the District of Columbia for want of prosecution. Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing her complaint for her failure to appear at the initial pretrial conference. We reverse and remand for the reasons stated below.

Appellant initiated this action in a complaint dated May 14, 1991, against the Department of...

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