Keenan v. Arabian American Oil Co.

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• noting that dismissal is an appropriate sanction only “where the noncompliance is due to willfulness, bad faith, fault or gross negligence rather than inability to comply or mere oversight.”
• considering the same question in the context of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37 motion and noting that the plaintiff “shows no sign of abatement” given that they “did not oppose [the d]efendants’ motions”
• noting purposes of Rule 37 sanctions: “(1) obtaining compliance with discovery orders; (2) ensuring the disobedient party does not benefit from non-compliance; and (3) providing a general deterrent in the particular case and litigation in general” (collecting cases)
• “The sanctions of striking pleadings and dismissal are the most extreme sanctions available.”

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