The following excerpt is from Price v. Wiese, Case No.: 3:16-cv-1174-CAB-AHG (S.D. Cal. 2019):
"At the same time, a case that is stalled or unreasonably delayed by a party's failure to comply with deadlines and discovery obligations cannot move forward toward resolution on the merits." In re PPA Prod. Liability Litig., 460 F.3d 1217, 1228 (9th Cir. 2006); see also Liguori v. Hansen, No. 2:11-CV-00492-GMN, 2012 WL 760747, at *7 (D. Nev. Mar. 6, 2012) ("The preference for deciding cases on the merits does not grant litigants a license
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