N. Hite v. City of McKeesport and City of McKeesport Firefighters Pension Plan Board

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• concluding the district court’s sua sponte dismissal should be reversed because the trial court failed to warn counsel dismissal was imminent and failed to consider alternative sanctions
• stating that the other factors include the public's interest in expeditious resolution of litigation, the court's need to manage its docket, and whether less drastic sanctions were considered
• finding these 25 two factors “decisive” where a Court sua sponte dismisses for failure to prosecute
• reviewing the district court’s sua sponte dismissal for lack of prosecution
• reviewing the district court's sua sponte dismissal for lack of prosecution
• vacating sua sponte dismissal for failure to prosecute where there was no indication in the record that the district court had considered less drastic sanctions or that the plaintiff was warned of dismissal

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