Court Opinion

ID: 857329
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Date Created: 2013-04-05 15:09:17.458588+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:35.300706
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United States Court of Appeals
                           For the Eighth Circuit
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                               No. 12-2225
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                                Yahui Song, Ph.D.

                      lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

                                          v.

   Regents of the University of Minnesota; L. James Nixon, M.D.; Barbara K.
Patrick, M.D.; Sheila M. Specker, M.D.; Theodore R. Thompson, M.D.; Kathleen
                       V. Watson, M.D.; John Does 1-15

                    lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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                            The Rutherford Institute

                 lllllllllllllllllllllAmicus on Behalf of Appellant
                                      ____________

                   Appeal from United States District Court
                  for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
                                 ____________

                            Submitted: April 2, 2013
                             Filed: April 5, 2013
                                [Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Yahui Song appeals the judgment of the District Court1 granting defendants’
motion to dismiss her civil action under Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure after she failed to comply with an earlier order granting defendants’ motion
to compel discovery and admonishing her that noncompliance could result in
dismissal. Following careful review, we find no abuse of discretion. See In re
O’Brien, 351 F.3d 832, 836, 839–40 (8th Cir. 2003) (standard of review; in context
of Rule 37 motions, court may find willful disobedience sufficient to support
dismissal when party employs delay tactics and disregards court orders). Accordingly,
we affirm for the reasons provided by the District Court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We
also deny all of the pending motions.
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      1
        The Honorable Ann D. Montgomery, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota.

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