Rodriguez v. Fiesta Palms, LLC

By the Court, STIGLICH, J.:

*256This appeal requires us to consider two fundamental interests of our justice system: the importance of deciding cases on the merits and the need to swiftly administer justice. Deciding cases on the merits sometimes requires courts to accommodate the needs of litigants-especially unrepresented litigants like the appellant in this case. Swiftly administering justice requires courts to enforce procedural requirements, even when the result is dismissal of a plaintiff's case. We afford broad discretion to district courts to balance these interests within the context of…