Dolores Comstock v. UPS Ground Freight, Inc.

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• noting that before dismissing a case under Rule 37, “the court must investigate whether a sanction less extreme than dismissal would suffice, unless the party’s failure was deliberate or in bad faith”
• stating it is within the district court’s discretion to grant dismissal as a discovery sanction where “there is ‘(1) an order compelling discovery, (2) a willful violation of the order, and (3) prejudice’” (quoting Bergstrom v. Frascone, 744 F.3d 571, 576 (8th Cir. 2014))
• sanction of default judgment is appropriate only when there is an order compelling discovery, a willful violation of that order, and prejudice to the other party
• dismissal as a discovery sanction is reviewed for abuse of discretion
• standard of review and relevant considerations for dismissal as discovery sanction

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