United States First Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's discrimination claims against his employer with prejudice as a sanction is affirmed where plaintiff had a record of dilatory discovery responses, did not comply with an unambiguous court order, and blatantly misrepresented the status of his discovery responses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2005
• Published 12/19/2005

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marie Elsie López-Adames on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts, Solicitor General, Mariana D. Negrón Vargas and Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez, Deputy Solicitors General, and Rosa E. Pérez Agosto, Assistant Solicitor General, on brief for appellees.