WPC  (,t0#.t..<NK{6xX1ٚS%1XȘqP]x8炉zuWBW/sk* 6LT;RҊϊu-f:WI3x@&JU:UVs|̮~jmxk*%%&V QB6^ea.> y/v^,זUNj#+- zYqfqezunON7/{|k^mZt֬P? bg{l8r`Kw_"#iݬA#xr9N-1.{7 3D kY5)wT\\h|d]bGW_s-nm)D\`iZ#{!M؋ Pz%$V Crh&z.gqT,,e?)}5=CJ(#!0U NQ % 0(^ w@4-< m>U >UNU> 0UF 0DU.2 U` E UN f a b :# :] E B HP LaserJet 4,,,,,,0(A Z6Times New Roman Regular($Ž^+E[ggdT%+X)Suite83|xU\( 9Z+&Courier Regular  $  =dd=    *    _ XOftheEleventhCircuit,sittingbydesignation.# X 泜#Դ\( 9Z+&Courier Regular (e(2$ !    =dd=    0  L 9Z+.Courier New Regular(#$  0  <6X9`(Courier K $  =dd=    *    _=dd= f XOftheEleventhCircuit,sittingbydesignation.# X f#(A Z6Times New Roman RegularTABLE A- - 0  #d# 0# u d#   ;  # u d#   d !  _  =Pdd=*,X` XX*4=dd=8   Xdd8oM   TRX3'X3' Letter3' Letter3'T ? * !b      UnitedStatesCourtofAppeals#b J#  FortheFirstCircuit K#wK#XXw  xA') ` d E< ` A   #XO XXX# Xf X XXONo.#XO X X Xf#Xf X XXO011441#XO X XXfZ# Xf X XXO K  @!HECTOR_SERRA_ԄLUGO,@ Plaintiff,Appellant,@tt)v.@ MAYAGUEZCONSORTIUMLAS_MARIAS_,ETAL.,@Defendants,Appellees.  A') ` dE<:` A ; @@*APPEALFROMTHEUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTFORTHEDISTRICTOFPUERTORICO@@*[Hon.RaymondL._Acosta_,U.S.DistrictJudge] j A') ` dE<` A J @@'Before@@((Torruella,CircuitJudge, a  _Kravitch_,  #  *      #XO X X Xf# Xf X XXO# f X X XfS# Xf X X fԀSeniorCircuitJudge, )y! andLynch,CircuitJudge. A" A') ` dE<H!` A I!%      ` Israel_Roldan_ԀGonzalez,onbriefforappellants.  "p'  ` JuanRafael_Gonzlez_Ԅ_Muoz_,onbriefforappellees "8( MayaguezConsortiumLas_Marias_ԀandMunicipalityofMayaguez,andappelleesRodriguezandMartinezintheirofficialcapacities. ` RobertoJ.SanchezRamos,SolicitorGeneral,andVanessa @% + LugoFloresandSylviaRoger_Stefani_,DeputySolicitorsGeneral,on &X!, briefforappelleesRodriguezandMartinezintheirpersonalcapacities.*'ddd Xdd Xdd X(#(#,( dd ,( dd ,( dd +   ()x$0   SI)$1  )@37193 )@S 0&)$1 0Ocotober30,2001tber SID+l&4"  )@37193  )@ S ," )$5 ? , 8 f  Xdd8   _* !#XO X X Xf ## XXO # `  f X PerCuriam .HectorSerraLugoappealsfromthedismissal   ofhiscivilrightssuit,claimingpoliticaldiscriminationandharassment,broughtagainstthemunicipalityofMayaguezandcertainmunicipalemployees.TheactionwasfiledonApril14,2000.ThedistrictcourtissuedanorderonJuly20,2000whichscheduledtheinitialschedulingconferenceandrequiredthefilingofamemorandum.Thatorderwarnedthepartiesthatthefailuretocomplywiththetermsoftheordercouldresultintheimpositionofsanctions,includingbutnotlimitedto,thedismissalofthecomplaint.Nonetheless,plaintifffailedtocomplywiththatorderinatimelyfashion.Inaddition,plaintiff'scounselwasabsentfromtheinitialschedulingconference,althoughhewasawarehisattendancewasrequired.Thetrialjudgethenimposedsanctionsonplaintiffscounselforhisfailuretoappearandfileatimelymemorandum.However,thatdidnotendtheplaintiffsfailuretocomplywithcourtorders.Plaintiffwaslateinansweringinterrogatories,failedtodothedepositionworkwithinthetimeframessetbythecourt,failedtofileajointstatusreport,andfailedtoproducedocumentsrequestedthroughdiscoveryinatimelyfashion. ` Notsurprisingly,thedistrictcourtdismissedthecomplaintwithprejudiceunderFed.R.Civ.P.37(b)(2)(C)andLocalRule314.4oftheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheDistrictofPuertoRico. ` Wereviewsuchdismissalsforabuseofdiscretion.NationalHockeyLeaguev.MetropolitanHockeyClub,Inc.,427U.S. ,`'2 _639,642(1976)(percuriam).Whiledismissalwithprejudiceisadrasticsanction,itisonethatisavailabletothedistrictcourts.Id.at643.Plaintiffsaysthatatmostheisguiltyof   complyingwiththecourtsorderin"asomewhatrelaxedmanner"andthatalesserpenaltyshouldhavesufficed.Plaintiffalsoarguesthatbecausethecourtearlieracceptedhiscounselsapologyforfailuretoattendtheinitialschedulingconference,thatfailureshouldbeexcused.Finally,plaintiffsaysthatthedefendantsdidnotspecificallyrequestthedismissalofthecase. ` Thedistrictcourtwaswellwithinitsdiscretionindismissingthecaseafterrepeatedviolationsofitsordersandafterhavingwarnedplaintiffoftheconsequencesofnoncompliance.Thecourthasitsowninterestinsecuringcompliancewithitsorders.Counselwhochoosetodisregardtheordersofthedistrictcourtplacethemselvesandtheirclientsatrisk.Therewasnoabuseofdiscretionhere.Thepatienceofthedistrictcourthadbeenexhausted,forgoodreason. ` Affirmed.