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COLOKATHIS v. WENTWORTH-DOUGLASS HOSP.

No. 82-1410.

693 F.2d 7 (1982)

Bernard P. COLOKATHIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. WENTWORTH-DOUGLASS HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Meade, Concord, N.H., with whom Stephen R. Fine & Associates, P.A., Manchester, N.H., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Robert M. Larsen, Concord, N.H., with whom Eugene Van Loan, III, A.J. McDonough, Manchester, N.H., and Sulloway, Hollis & Soden, Concord, N.H., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Bernard Colokathis appeals from an order of the District Court of New Hampshire dismissing his complaint for want of prosecution. After hearing oral argument from the parties and carefully reviewing the record, we conclude that the district court was within the proper exercise of its discretion in dismissing the case.

The case has a long history. We rehearse here only the highlights. Plaintiff filed his complaint in November of 1977. Extensive...

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