Maxon Engineering Services, Inc., ex rel. Wiscovitch-Rentas v. Municipality of Aibonito, (D.Puerto Rico)

December 17, 2008: Appeals - Trustee's disregard for court orders and rules warranted appeals' dismissal for failure to prosecute and comply with orders.

A Chapter 7 trustee's disregard for the district court's orders regarding the filing of appellate briefs for the trustee's appeals from the dismissal of her adversary proceedings against a municipality and for the rules governing the filing of appellate briefs excessively delayed the proceedings before the district court and was inexcusable. Thus, the exercise of the court's discretion to dismiss the appeals for failure to prosecute and to comply with court orders was warranted.