Van Dyke v. Illinois

How courts have described this case

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• observing that “[a] trial court may preclude evidence . . . even if to do so is tantamount to a . . . dismissal” (citations omitted)
• upholding a decision to preclude plaintiffs critical evidence as sanction for failure to comply with deadlines of pretrial order
• affirming “finding of willful disregard,” “[i]n light of counsel’s conceded full awareness of and utter disregard for the district court’s discovery timetable set forth in the pre-trial order”
• affirming district court’s order granting the defendants’ motions for preclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence and summary judgment after 26 USCA4 Appeal: 22-1820 Doc: 36 Filed: 06/23/2023 Pg: 27 of 39 determining that the plaintiff had unjustifiably disregarded the pre-trial discovery deadline
• affirming district court’s order granting the defendants’ motions for preclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence and summary judgment after 26 USCA4 Appeal: 22-1859 Doc: 35 Filed: 06/23/2023 Pg: 27 of 39 determining that the plaintiff had unjustifiably disregarded the pre-trial discovery deadline
• hold- ing that failure to comply with a discovery order warrants dismissal

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