Summary
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss and dismissed the pro se plaintiff’s case with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute and comply with court orders. Applying the six Poulis factors, the Court found that the factors largely supported dismissal, while the merits factor was neutral.
Holdings
- Dismissal with prejudice was warranted because the Poulis factors, considered as a whole, strongly favored dismissal.
Questions Presented
- Whether dismissal with prejudice was warranted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) because Tompkins repeatedly failed to prosecute the action and comply with court orders.
- Whether the Poulis factors supported dismissal as a sanction rather than the imposition of an alternative sanction.
Disposition
dismissed
Cases Cited (9)
- Mindek v. Rigatti, 964 F.2d 1369, 1373 (3d Cir. 1992)(followed)
- Poulis v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 747 F.2d 863, 868 (3d Cir. 1984)(followed)
- Briscoe v. Klaus, 538 F.3d 252, 262-63 (3d Cir. 2008)(followed)
- In re Avandia Mktg., Sales Pracs. & Prods. Liab. Litig., 687 F. App'x 210, 214 (3d Cir. 2017)(followed)
- Emerson v. Thiel Coll., 296 F.3d 184, 190 (3d Cir. 2002)(followed)
- Ware v. Rodale Press, Inc., 322 F.3d 218, 222 (3d Cir. 2003)(followed)
- Adams v. Trs. of New Jersey Brewery Employees' Pension Tr. Fund, 29 F.3d 863, 874-75 (3d Cir. 1994)(followed)
- National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc., 427 U.S. 639, 643 (1976)(followed)
- Nieves v. Thorne, 790 F. App'x 355, 358 (3d Cir. 2019)(followed)
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