Holmes v. NBC/GE
Holmes v. NBC/GE
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The facts of the underlying dispute are set forth in this Court’s previous decision in this case denying defendants’ motion for summary judgment and familiarity therewith is assumed. See Holmes v. NBC/GE, 914
Plaintiffs motion for sanctions was granted by Memorandum Opinion and Order dated September 19,1996. See Holmes v. NBC/GE, 168 F.R.D. 481 (S.D.N.Y.). In that Memorandum Opinion, this Court ruled that Plaintiffs proffered justification for failing to appear, namely that this court was without jurisdiction to hear her claim because a notice of appeal had been filed, was rejected. The court stated that its denial of Plaintiffs motion for sumihary judgment was not ap-pealable, and it is well settled that in the Second Circuit, the appeal of a nonappealable order does not divest the district court of jurisdiction. Decision was reserved on Defendant’s motion to dismiss. By Order dated September 19,1996, Plaintiff was directed to appear for a deposition on October 31, 1996. The Order was sent both to Plaintiff and to her counsel and explicitly warned Plaintiff that her failure to appear on October 31 would result in the dismissal of her case. Plaintiff did not appear for the taking of her deposition and has instead appealed this court’s order imposing sanctions, another plainly unappealable order. As a result of these repeated, flagrant violations of the orders of this court, the court grants Defendant’s motion to dismiss.
Order
For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion filed simultaneously herewith, it is hereby ORDERED that this case be and is DISMISSED with prejudice.
SO ORDERED.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Sandra HOLMES v. NBC/GE
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- Status
- Published