Ehrhardt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEDCISION, LLC,

Case No. 24-cv-01146-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER AND OPINION AFFIRMING DISMISSAL

EHRHARDT,

13 Defendant.

I. INTRODUCTION This appeal arises from two related adversarial proceedings brought by Plaintiff and Appellant Medcision, LLC against Defendants Rolf Ehrhardt and Ron DiNocco. The Bankruptcy Court dismissed the adversarial proceedings for both lack of prosecution and for failure to comply with a court order. MedCision avers the Bankruptcy Court abused its discretion by doing so. Specifically, MedCision contends the Bankruptcy Court failed adequately to warn of the possibility of terminating sanctions, to consider less drastic sanctions, and to consider MedCision’s reasonable explanations for delay.1 These proceedings began in 2019, and MedCision had well over a year to participate in the discovery process and prepare for trial. It did not do so. Based…