Opinion ID: 223445
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Consideration of Other Sanctions

Text: Although the district court should, before dismissing a case, consider whether lesser sanctions might be a punishment more suitable to the plaintiff's conduct, it need not do so explicitly. See Malloy v. WM Specialty Mortg. LLC, 512 F.3d 23, 27 (1st Cir.2008) (looking at court's implicit reasons for choosing dismissal with prejudice, which could be inferred from defendants' arguments that the court implicitly adopted). In this case, Abraham and Barbara moved for dismissal a total of seven times before the case was dismissed. Prior to the dismissal order, the court employed other methods in an attempt to manage the case and ensure that it proceeded apace, including issuing multiple warnings and granting a motion to compel Vázquez's deposition. [W]e show considerable deference `to the district court's on-the-scene judgment' when selecting the appropriate sanction. Vallejo, 607 F.3d at 9 (quoting Malloy, 512 F.3d at 27). In the face of the repeated and flagrant abuses in this record, the district court was well within its discretion in choosing to dismiss the case after three years of patience and the failure of alternative approaches. Affirmed.