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WOODSON v. SURGITEK, INC.

No. 94-60008 Summary Calendar.

57 F.3d 1406 (1995)

Beverly WOODSON, as Executrix of the Estate of Hayes Hudson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SURGITEK, INC., Medical Engineering Corp., and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronica L. Davis, Dallas, TX, for appellant.

W. Wendell Hall, Renee A. Forinash, Fulbright & Jaworski, San Antonio, TX, Mary (Marcy) Hogan Greer, Fulbright & Jaworski, Austin, TX, for Surgitek, Inc.

Before SMITH, EMILIO M. GARZA and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff appeals the district court's judgment dismissing the plaintiff's complaint with prejudice. The district court ordered the dismissal under its inherent power as a sanction for delays caused by the plaintiff. Finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm.

I.

Unfortunately, to review the sanction of dismissal ultimately imposed by the district court, we must recount the long and tortured...

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