Media Capital Associates LLC. v. Taylor (In Re Taylor)

OPINION

LAWSON, District Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the bankruptcy court abused its discretion when it entered a default judg ment against the defendant-debtors for failing to comply with an order to answer discovery requests that were long overdue in a non-dischargeability adversary proceeding. The default judgment sanction for failing to give discovery is a harsh one intended to be used as a last resort, and perhaps other judges confronted by similar facts would not have turned to it as quickly as did the bankruptcy judge here. However, under the deferential…