The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., Inc., 866 F.2d 1128 (9th Cir. 1989):
A Rule 48(b) dismissal should be imposed only in extreme circumstances. United States v. National Medical Enterprises, 792 F.2d 906, 912 (9th Cir.1986). Because of the sanction's severity, we have held that a district court abuses its discretion
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