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…e will overturn a dismissal sanction only if we have a definite and firm conviction that it was clearly outside the acceptable range of sanctions.
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discussed
Cited as authority (quoted)
(HC) Montgomery v. Perry
the district court need not exhaust every sanction short 27 of dismissal before finally dismissing a case, but must explore possible and meaningful 28 alternatives.
discussed
Cited as authority (quoted)
James v. American International Recovery, Inc.
nly this court sitting en banc or the united states supreme court can overrule precedent binding on this court.
examined
Cited as authority (quoted)
Combs v. Rockwell International Corp.
(2×)
e will overturn a dismissal sanction only if we have a definite and firm conviction that it was clearly outside the acceptable range of sanctions.
examined
Cited as authority (quoted)
Clarence Lee Roy Combs v. Rockwell International Corporation Amalgamated Local 887-Uaw, Clarence Lee Roy Combs v. Rockwell International Corporation Amalgamated Local 887-Uaw International Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America
(2×)
e will overturn a dismissal sanction only if we have a definite and firm conviction that it was clearly outside the acceptable range of sanctions.
examined
Cited as authority (quoted)
United Nuclear Corporation v. The United States
(2×)
e note an entire absence of any evidence that the government in any manner, express or implied, contracted to share whatever risks there might be in the venture, to warrant that it would succeed, or otherwise shield it against vicissitudes.
cited
Cited as authority (rule)
Krystal Alvarez v. Galpin Motors, Inc.
Cal. 23 Nov. 7, 2012) (first citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; and then citing Malone v. 24 U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 25 (1988)).
discussed
Cited "see"
Wieser v. Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.
See Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 132 (9th 15 Cir. 1987) (“[E]xplicit discussion of alternatives is unnecessary if the district court 16 actually tries alternatives before employing the ultimate sanction of dismissal.”), cert. 17 denied, Malone v. Frank, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
Christopher Stone v. City of Los Angeles
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 3 F.2d at 1424; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), 4 cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)). 5 Here, Stone received notice of both motions and had ample opportunity to 6 respond yet failed to do so.
cited
Cited "see"
Lois O Brien v. Ray Exley
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Duane Folke v. City of Los Angeles
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ); see 9 also Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 10 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
cited
Cited "see"
Jose L. Gonzalez v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d 18 at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. 19 denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
discussed
Cited "see"
Rosemarie Mesa v. Victor Luis Mesa
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. 16 U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)). 17 In Ghazali, the Ninth Circuit found these factors favored granting the motion to dismiss 18 when the plaintiff received notice of the motion, had ample opportunity to respond, yet 19 failed to do so.
cited
Cited "see"
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Patrick Jevon Johnson
Cal. 12 Nov. 7, 2012); accord Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), 13 cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Sofia Flores v. FCA US LLC
Cal. Nov. 7, 2 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 3 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Sierra Brown v. UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. 25 Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Griselda Estala v. Target Corporation
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 23 1424; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. 24 denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Marc Carlis v. Beijing Pu Luo Media Co.
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 21 1424; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. 22 denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Lisa Finn v. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Cal. 22 Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal 23 Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Byung Chan Um v. USDA Food & Nutrition Service
Cal. 25 Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal 26 Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Intervention911 v. City of Palm Springs
Cal. Nov. 7, 2012) 16 (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 17 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Plutos Sama Holdings, Inc. v. Torsten Maehle
Cal. 21 Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal 22 Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
cited
Cited "see"
Meirav Toren v. Kirstjen Nielsen
Cal. 24 Nov. 7, 2012) (citing Henderson, 779 F.2d at 1424 ; accord, Malone v. U.S. Postal 25 Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 129 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988)).
discussed
Cited "see"
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Inc. v. City & County of San Francisco
See Eilrich v. Remas, 839 F.2d 630, 633 (9th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 60 , 102 L.Ed.2d 38 (1988); Takahashi v. Bd. of Trustees of Livingston Union Sch.
discussed
Cited "see"
CEMS, Inc. v. United States
See Luciano Pisoni Fabbrica Accessori Instrumenti Musicali v. United States, 837 F.2d 465, 467 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 60 , 102 L.Ed.2d 38 (1988) (quoting Gavette v. Office of Personnel Mgmt., 808 F.2d 1456 (Fed.Cir.1986)); see also California Marine Cleaning, Inc. v. United States, 43 Fed.Cl. 724, 729 (1999).
cited
Cited "see"
Maritrans Inc. v. United States
See 839 F.2d 1572 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 61 , 102 L.Ed.2d 39 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
Burnet v. Spokane Ambulance
(2×)
See Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128 , 132 n. 1 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 59 , 102 L.Ed.2d 37 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
Burnet v. Spokane Ambulance
(2×)
See Malone v. U.S. Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128 , 132 n.1 (9th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S. Ct. 59 , 102 L.
cited
Cited "see"
David Leroy Cunningham v. Tana Wood Ronald Smith, C/o Andrews, C/o Sgt. Alvarado Sgt. Frank
See Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128 , 132 n. 1 (9th Cir.1987) (listing examples of less drastic sanctions to dismissal), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
Patrick J. Garry v. Portland Futon Company Incorporated, an Oregon Corporation
Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b); see Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988). 5 A dismissal under Rule 41(b) will not be disturbed unless there is a "definite and firm conviction that the court below committed a clear error of judgment in the conclusion it reached upon a weighing of the relevant factors." Eldridge, 832 F.2d at 1136 (quotation omitted).
cited
Cited "see"
Edmond Lee Fuller v. County of Los Angeles Sherman Block Kenneth Bickerstaff
See Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
Christopher v. Gomez
See Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 132-133 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988). 5 After Christopher appeared at his first scheduled deposition but refused to be sworn and deposed, the government filed a motion seeking dismissal, or in the alternative, an order compelling Christopher to comply with discovery.
discussed
Cited "see"
Kowalski v. Oregon State Bar Ass'n
See Malone v. United States Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 133 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988) (stating that a warning is sufficient to meet the requirement that the court consider the alternatives and noting that failure to warn has frequently been a contributing factor in decisions reversing orders of dismissal). 6 Accordingly, we affirm the district court's dismissal of Kowalski's action. 1 See Malone, 833 F.2d at 133 . 7 AFFIRMED. * The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument.
cited
Cited "see"
In re Day
See Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 132 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
Livingston v. Isuzu Motors, Ltd.
(2×)
See Malone v. United States Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 59 , 102 L.Ed.2d 37 (1988); Thompson v. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 829 , 107 S.Ct. 112 , 93 L.Ed.2d 60 (1986).
cited
Cited "see"
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Noble Metals International, Inc.
See id. at 132-33 .
cited
Cited "see"
Licon v. Infergene Co.
See Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
cited
Cited "see"
Henry Black, Jr. Lemuel Clayton Bray v. Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary, Department of Veteran Affairs Dick Cheney, Department of Defense Sean O'keefe, Secretary, Department of the Navy Michael T.W. Stone, Secretary, Department of the Army
Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b); see Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
cited
Cited "see"
Karluk Mayweathers v. William Bunnell, Superintendent of Tehachapi State Prison
See Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
Tutor-Saliba-Perini Jv v. Laborers International Union Local 300
See Malone v. United States Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987) (court will overturn dismissal sanction only where it has definite and firm conviction that it was clearly outside acceptable range of sanctions), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988). 4 In addition, appellant contends that the district court's findings of fact were clearly erroneous.
cited
Cited "see"
Tommy Martin, Jr. v. J.D. Swinson, Warden C.E. Floyd, Warden Larry G. Mayo
See id.
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In Re William EISEN, Debtor. Richard MONEYMAKER, Appellant, v. Melvyn J. CoBEN, Appellee
(2×)
See Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128 (9th Cir.1987) (plaintiffs lack of financial means to comply with a court order did not excuse her unreasonable delay), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 59 , 102 L.Ed.2d 37 (1988). 3 As the BAP concluded, Moneymaker presented “no competent evidence that the litigation would be ‘expeditiously resolved’ in the future.” He brought motions to set trial dates two days before the hearing on Co-Ben’s first motion to dismiss, clearly in response to the motion.
discussed
Cited "see"
Demola Adesanya v. West America Bank
See Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 132 (9th Cir.1987) (observing that a warning that failure to obey a court will result in dismissal can satisfy the requirement to consider less drastic alternatives to dismissal), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988). 9 We reject as frivolous Adesanya's contention that the district court was without authority to dismiss the first cause of action because we previously reversed and remanded the district court's earlier order dismissing this claim on other grounds.
discussed
Cited "see"
David Foster and Catherine Foster v. Sigmund Barilow and Margaret Barilow
(2×)
See Turner v. Bowen, 830 F.2d 1003, 1008 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 818 , 109 S.Ct. 59 , 102 L.Ed.2d 37 (1988).
cited
Cited "see"
Los Angeles Police Protective League, and Roger Gibson v. Daryl F. Gates, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Protective League v. Daryl F. Gates, Chief of Police Marvin Iannone Donald Vincent Charles Dinse Robert Kellar Kenneth Colby Harry Nearing City of Los Angeles
See Eilrich v. Remas, 839 F.2d 630, 632-33 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 60 , 102 L.Ed.2d 38 (1988).
cited
Cited "see"
Los Angeles Police Protective League v. Gates
See Eilrich v. Remas, 839 F.2d 630, 632-33 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 , 109 S.Ct. 60 , 102 L.Ed.2d 38 (1988).
discussed
Cited "see"
In Re Munroe Dubose Batson Georgia Lenore Batson, Debtors. Morris Diamond Blanche Diamond Joseph Diamond v. Munroe Dubose Batson Georgia Lenore Batson
See Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 132 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988) (although explicit discussion of alternatives is preferable, it is not necessary for a dismissal to be upheld). 11 The decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel is 12 AFFIRMED. * The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument.
cited
Cited "see"
William McKinney v. J. Sanders
See id. 12 A. Expeditious Litigation and Docket Management 13 McKinney's case was pending for over a year before it was ultimately dismissed.
cited
Cited "see"
Victor L. Reed v. The County of San Diego Does 1-10
Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b); see Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 819 (1988).
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Associated Convalescent Enterprises, Inc.
v.
United States
v.
United States
No. 87-1876.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 3, 1988.
Published
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.