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decision of the bankruptcy court. Appellee trustee moved to dismiss the appeal for failure to prosecute under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8001(a). Of the six Poulis factors. five weighed in favor of dismissal and one weighed against dismissal. The court took into account the possibility that appellants counsel h

reserved for those cases where there is a clear record of delay or contumacious conduct by the plaintiff')(alteration in original); see also In re E Toys Inc., 263 Fed. Appx. 235, 237 (3d Cir. 2008) (affirming the district court's dismissal of a bankruptcy appeal for failure to prosecute upon consideratio

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 responsi

reserved for those cases where there is a clear record of delay or contumacious conduct by the plaintiff')(alteration in original); see also In re E Toys Inc., 263 Fed. Appx. 235, 237 (3d Cir. 2008) (affirming the district court's dismissal of a bankruptcy appeal for failure to prosecute upon consideratio

hat North Shore could successfully challenge the bankruptcy court's exercise of its broad discretion as to such matters is minimal. Thus, the final Poulis factor weighs in favor of dismissal. Cf. Buccolo, 308 Fed. Appx. 574, at n.1 ( [HN28] "[a] claim ... will be deemed meritorious when the allegations

l, it cannot be said that the District Court abused its discretion in concluding that on balance, dismissal was warranted.")(emphasis added); In re E Toys Inc., 263 Fed. Appx. 235, 238 (3d Cir. 2008) (affirming the district court's ruling that the Poulis factors favored dismissal of a bankruptcy appeal as