Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Johnny Segona, D/B/A Highway 190 Truck Stop and as Truckem Up Paradise

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• dismissal generally inappropriate where neglect is plainly attributable to an attorney rather than to his blameless client
• “[D]ismissal is to be sparingly used and only in situations where its deterrent value cannot be substantially achieved by use of less drastic sanctions.”
• “The bandwidth of the District Court’s power to impose Rule 37 sanctions is broad indeed. We will not interfere unless . . . there has been an abuse of discretion.”

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