Wikle

842 F.2d 1295 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. C. Douglas WIKLE, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Atlas Prestressing Corp., Plaintiff- Appellant, v. VSL CORPORATION; Harold Long, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-5579. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 2, 1988. Decided: March 16, 1988. Before WALLACE, ALARCON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Plaintiff-appellant C. Douglas Wikle (Wikle) appeals from the order of the district court dismissing his bankruptcy action against defendants-appellees VSL Corporation and Harold Long (collectively, VSL) for lack of prosecution. Wikle seeks reversal on the ground that the district court abused its discretion by failing to give adequate weight to the factors favoring a trial on the merits and by imposing the ultimate sanction of dismissal without considering the adequacy of less drastic measures. We disagree and affirm. I. 3 Wikle filed his complaint against…