Govas v. Chalmers

HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Senior Circuit Judge.

This ease illustrates the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. Judge Williams dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims for discovery violations. Plaintiffs argue that we should reverse Judge Williams because dismissal is too harsh a sanction on these facts. As Judge Williams recognized, the plaintiffs’ conduct was “dilatory and evasive” throughout the course of litigation. December 3, 1990, Memorandum Opinion and Order at 5, 1990 WL 205275. Moreover, Judge Williams forewarned plaintiffs after repeated discovery violations that any further evasive…