We find that the IAS Court abused its discretion by imposing the drastic remedy of dismissal of the complaint.
Even assuming that plaintiff, who at that time was proceeding pro se, was deserving of some sanction for his failure to fully comply with discovery requests, dismissal of the complaint was an extraordinarily excessive response under the circumstances.
There was no evidence of a pattern of obstructive or dilatory behavior on plaintiff's part...
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