What factors are considered to determine whether to dismiss a civil rights case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Brown v. Gore, Case No.: 14-cv-102 BAS (KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
Public policy favors disposition of cases on the merits. Accordingly, the fourth factors weighs strongly against dismissal. "This policy favoring resolution on the merits 'is particularly important in civil rights cases.'" Hernandez v. City of El Monte, 138 F.3d
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393, 399 (9th Cir. 1998) (quoting Eldridge v. Block, 832 F.2d 1132, 1137 (9th Cir.1987)).
4. The availability of less drastic alternatives.
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