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Preclusion Order

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A court sanction that prevents a party who has not complied with a direction to supply information in the discovery stage of a lawsuit from later supporting or challenging designated claims or defenses related to the facts that he or she withheld.

Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs the granting of preclusion orders in actions brought in federal courts.

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27) Preclusion orders would require a finding that other litigation would interfere with the federal court's management of the case, and the draft proposal would let the federal court "coordinate with the state court or stay the federal action to avoid inefficiency and conflict.
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