William Dwayne Young v. City of Palm Bay

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• explaining that a district court generally possesses “managerial power to maintain control over its docket” and has discretion to deny a request to extend a deadline
• explaining that in “our system of representative litigation, . . . each party is deemed bound by the acts of his lawyer-agent and is considered to have notice of all facts” (quoting Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co., 507 U.S. at 396–97)
• reviewing a district court’s decision on how to manage its docket for abuse of discretion
• reviewing various district court decisions made in the course of managing its docket for abuse of discretion
• affirming summary judgment and holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the plaintiff’s fifth request for an extension of time and refusing to consider the plaintiff’s untimely responses to the defendants’ summary judgment motions
• explaining the non- movant must go beyond the pleadings and present competent evi- dence in the form of affidavits or as otherwise provided in Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, setting forth specific facts to show that genuine issues exist for trial

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