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ORTIZ-ANGLADA v. ORTIZ-PEREZ

No. 98-2164.

183 F.3d 65 (1999)

Diana ORTIZ-ANGLADA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Dr. Hector ORTIZ-PEREZ, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Little on brief for appellant.

Alfonso Miranda Cardenas, Pedro J. Cordova, Jose A. Miranda Daleccio, Jose E. O'Neill Font and Carlos A. Ortiz Morales on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Diana Ortiz Anglada claims that the district court abused its discretion when it sua sponte and without notice dismissed her medical malpractice action for lack of prosecution. We agree that the circumstances do not warrant such a harsh sanction, and therefore reverse.

Ortiz filed this lawsuit on July 18, 1996, against Dr. Hector Ortiz-Perez and the clinic for which he worked.1

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