File to Trash Problem

I have Snow Leopard on a Mac Pro with two hard disks. I have files on the secondary disk that will not delete. It gives an error code of 1407. When I check file information, the file is locked. I unlock it but it does not stay unlocked. Any suggestions?

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And I assume you meant error -1407 (Expected a folder, got a file).

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