The 5th Circuit has scolded Chief U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate for taking more than six years to enter a final judgment in a civil case. In its decision affirming a jury award, a three-judge panel called it "truly regrettable" that the plaintiff was denied recovery for so long due to a "lack of judicial diligence." The panel also wrote that it was "not the first time such inexcusable delays have occurred in that court." Wingate acknowledged the mistake, but said he thought the judgment had been entered in the case.
March 26, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A federal appeals court has scolded Chief U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate for taking more than six years to enter a final judgment in a civil case.
The Clarion-Ledger reports that a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals commented about Wingate in its decision affirming the 2002 jury award of more than $1.3 million to Jimmy Ford of Brandon, Miss., in a lawsuit filed against his then-employer, Diversified Technology Inc.
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