Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute by Refusing to Recreate Trial Record Affirmed: Third Circuit | Practical Law
In Roberts v. Ferman, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a district court's decision to dismiss the plaintiff-appellant's post-trial motion for a new trial was not an abuse of discretion because the appellant defied a court order to recreate the trial record, therefore failing to prosecute his own case.