PROCTOR v. CALAHAN

No. 95-210.

663 So.2d 110 (1995)

Stephen Ross PROCTOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. P. Charles CALAHAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

August 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Ross Proctor, pro se.

P. Charles Calahan, pro se.

Before KNOLL and SULLIVAN, JJ., and BROUILLETTE, J. Pro Tem.


KNOLL, Judge.

Stephen R. Proctor, a state prisoner serving a life sentence for second-degree murder, appeals the trial court's dismissal of his pro se legal malpractice claim because he failed to appear for trial on the merits. He argues on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing his lawsuit instead of ordering that he be deposed or, alternatively, that the trial of his legal malpractice claim be held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary...

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