Dru

MEMORANDUM *

Stanley J. Dru appeals the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of his legal malpractice action for failing to comply with the court’s discovery order. This court reviews a district court’s dismissal sanction for abuse of discretion. National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc., 427 U.S. 639, 642, 96 S.Ct. 2778 , 49 L.Ed.2d 747 (1976). “[W]e will overturn a dismissal sanction only if we have a definite and firm conviction that it was clearly outside the acceptable range of sanctions.” In re Phenylpropanolamine Products Liability Litigation, 460 F.3d 1217, 1226 (9th Cir.2006) (citation omitted).

Dru filed this action against his former attorneys and them law firm on June 2, 2003. Service was delayed until November 17, 2003; the case was reassigned to a new judge on June 28, 2004, and that judge recused himself four months later. The case was reassigned to Judge Sedwick in October 2004, and the court entered a revised scheduling and planning order in April 2005. Three unsuccessful attempts were made to take Dru’s deposition between March 2005 and June 2005. Dru failed to timely respond to requests for documents and interrogatories served on April 1,…