George C. Jones, Jr., and Peggy Linn Jones v. Lee Thompson, A/K/A Morris Lee Thompson

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• holding that repeatedly ignoring court orders interferes with docket management and unnecessarily burdens the court
• stating that lesser sanctions would not be effective where plaintiff repeatedly ignored court orders
• using Ehrenhaus test and noting that, due to plaintiffs’ discovery non-compliance, “Defendants suffered prejudice in preparing for trial without the opportunity to depose the Plaintiffs”
• applying the same factors to a dismissal sanction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f) for misconduct
• explaining that “[d]ismissing a case with prejudice serves at least two purposes. It penalizes the party whose conduct warrants the sanction and discourages those who might be tempted to such conduct in the absence of such a deterrent.”
• affirming dismissal of action in part because plaintiff failed to submit proposed pretrial order, which caused delay and increased attorney’s fees

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