DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
There is no question that procedural rules are important and that infractions of those rules should not be tolerated by the courts. Otherwise, the rules themselves will not be taken seriously, and eventually they may exist in name only, honored in the breach. On the other hand, the same range of potential penalties is not available for every rule, for the simple reasons that rules express policies of differing importance, the need to...
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