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VELEZ v. AWNING WINDOWS, INC.

No. 03-2277.

375 F.3d 35 (2004)

Minerva VÉLEZ a/k/a Minerva Vélez-Cortes a/k/a Minerva Vélez-Cortez, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. AWNING WINDOWS, INC. and Estate of Ismael Nieves-Valle, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo Luciano Delgado for appellants.

Celina Romany, with whom Juan M. Frontera and Celina Romany Law Offices were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal tells a cautionary tale of the risks run by parties who adopt a laissez-faire attitude toward court-imposed deadlines. The defendants in this case — Awning Windows, Inc. (AWI) and the Estate of Ismael Nieves-Valle (the Estate) — acted in that fashion. The district court, after patiently granting several extensions and issuing pointed warnings, finally decided that enough was...

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