Luis Felipe Velazquez-Rivera v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.

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• holding that a “pattern of negligent behavior” rather than “relatively isolated” incidents of misconduct weighs in favor of dismissal
• holding that, in connection with sanctions, an innocent mistake \must be distinguished from more deliberate . . . delays in filing [papers]\
• explaining that “[d]ismissal with prejudice for failure to prosecute is appropriate in the face of ‘extremely protracted inaction (measured in years)’” and “disobedience of court orders”
• emphasizing the lack of fair warning to the plaintiff in reversing district court’s dismissal for failure to prosecute
• vacating a dismissal premised on plaintiffs counsel’s failure to appear at a continued pretrial, finding a want of articulated reasons for “invoking the severest sanction”
• explaining benefits of district court's setting forth in writing its reasons for invoking the severest sanction of dismissal

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