EFTA Document EFTA01363328

Page 8 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93633, * 747 F.2d 863, 868 (3d Cir. 1984) [hereinafter Poulis]. In Poulis, the Third Circuit stated that a district court rill must balance the following factors: 1) the extent of the party's personal responsibility: (2) the prejudice to the adversary caused by the failure to meet scheduling orders and respond to discovery; (3) a history of dilatoriness; (4) whether the conduct of the party or the attorney was willful or in bad faith; (5) the effectiveness of s