Summary
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York grants Medpace, Inc.'s motion for discovery sanctions against Agenus Inc. and Garo H. Armen. The court strikes Defendants' Answers and grants Medpace default judgment based on Defendants' sustained and deliberate noncompliance with discovery obligations and failure to respond to the sanctions motion.
Holdings
- Case-dispositive sanctions, including striking Defendants' Answers and entering default judgment, were appropriate because the record showed complete, sustained, and deliberate noncompliance with discovery obligations and a willful refusal to continue defending the action.
Questions Presented
- Whether Defendants' sustained and deliberate failure to comply with discovery obligations and participate in the litigation warranted case-dispositive sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37.
- Whether the Court should strike Defendants' Answers and enter default judgment rather than impose lesser sanctions.
Disposition
other
Cases Cited (7)
- Salahuddin v. Harris, 782 F.2d 1127, 1132 (2d Cir. 1986)(followed)
- Manta Indus. Ltd. v. Anand, No. 16-CV-8308 (LAP), 2024 WL 4872260, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 22, 2024)(followed)
- S. New Eng. Tel. Co. v. Glob. NAPs Inc., 624 F.3d 123, 144 (2d Cir. 2010)(followed)
- John B. Hull, Inc. v. Waterbury Petrol. Prod., Inc., 845 F.2d 1172, 1176 (2d Cir. 1988)(followed)
- Agiwal v. Mid Island Mortg. Corp., 555 F.3d 298, 302 (2d Cir. 2009)(followed)
- Montblanc-Simplo GmbH v. Colibri Corp., 692 F. Supp. 2d 245, 252 (E.D.N.Y. 2010)(followed)
- Microsoft Corp. v. Comput. Care Ctr., Inc., No. 06-CV-1429 (SLT) (RLM), 2008 WL 4179653, at *5 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 10, 2008)(followed)
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