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• holding that “[ejxtensive or repeated delay or delinquency constitutes a history of dilatoriness”
• recognizing that a court can dismiss a case sua sponte under Rule 41(b)
• recognizing that a court can dismiss a case sua sponte under Rule 41(b)
• explaining that dilatoriness can be shown through “extensive or repeated delay or delinquency” or by a plaintiff’s years-long failure to prosecute
• ovei-tuxming a district court’s dismissal for failure to prosecute on the same grounds
• suggesting as much}; Link, 370 U.S, at 643, (Black, J., dissenting) (same

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).