Fox v. American Airlines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a plaintiff’s failure to respond to a motion to dismiss permits the court to treat the motion as conceded
• holding that the district court has discretion whether to treat a motion as conceded
• holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by applying a \straightforward\ application of Local Rule 7(b) in granting as conceded the defendant's motion to dismiss when the plaintiffs failed to oppose it
• observing that “[requiring [the trial court] to provide notice, an opportunity to explain and weigh alternatives before enforcing Rule 7(b) would hinder effective docket management”
• observing that “[r]equiring [the trial court] to provide 13 notice, an opportunity to explain and weigh alternatives before enforcing Rule 7(b) would hinder effective docket management”
• “Requiring [the court] to provide notice, [and] an opportunity to explain and weigh alternatives before enforcing Rule 7(b) would hinder effective docket management.”

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