The following excerpt is from Adams v. City of N.Y., 18-621 (2nd Cir. 2019):
We review de novo a district court's dismissal for failure to state a claim, see Lucas v. United States, 775 F.3d 544, 547 (2d Cir. 2015), and review dismissals for failure to prosecute "for an abuse of discretion in light of the record as a whole," Baptiste v. Sommers, 768 F.3d 212, 216 (2d Cir. 2014) (per curiam).
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