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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
JOSEPH STEVENSON,
Defendant-Appellant. |
No. 21-3856 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland.
No. 1:21-cr-00184-1—James S. Gwin, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: August 9, 2022
Before: SILER, McKEAGUE, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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SILER, Circuit Judge. Joseph Stevenson appeals the district court’s order denying his
motion to suppress. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM. |
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CHARLES GEORGE STEIN,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CHRISTOPHER GUNKEL; TABATHA STERLING,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 21-6118 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Covington.
No. 2:19-cv-00159—David L. Bunning, District Judge.
Argued: June 7, 2022
Decided and Filed: August 9, 2022
Before: McKEAGUE, NALBANDIAN, and READLER, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. After arriving at Boone County Detention Center following
his arrest, plaintiff Charles Stein was badly beaten by a fellow detainee, Jordan Webster. He
brings this suit against Sergeant Gunkel and Deputy Sterling, two jail officers who were involved
in determining the appropriate booking classification for Jordan Webster. Stein alleges that
Gunkel and Sterling were deliberately indifferent to the excessive risk Webster posed to other
detainees and thereby caused his injuries. The district court granted defendants’ motion for
summary judgment. We AFFIRM.
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NEW LONDON TOBACCO MARKET, INC.; FIVEMILE
ENERGY, LLC,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
KENTUCKY FUEL CORPORATION; JAMES C. JUSTICE
COMPANIES, INC.,
Defendants-Appellants,
THE GETTY LAW GROUP, PLLC; RICHARD A. GETTY,
Interested Parties. |
No. 20-5565 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at London.
No. 6:12-cv-00091—Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, District Judge.
Argued: January 28, 2021
Decided and Filed: August 9, 2022
Before: BATCHELDER, STRANCH, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. By all accounts, this case involves discovery abuses and
violations that are (thankfully) unusual in their frequency and mendacity. That conduct by
Defendants resulted in the ultimate sanction—default judgment for the Plaintiffs. That
judgment, however, is not this appeal’s subject, the damages awarded by the district court are.
New London Tobacco Market, Inc. and Fivemile Energy, LLC, (“New London”) sued
Kentucky Fuel Corporation and James C. Justice Companies, Inc. (“Kentucky Fuel”) for breach
of contract and fraud. During this litigation, Kentucky Fuel committed a string of egregious
discovery violations. As a result, the district court entered default judgment against it and
awarded damages to New London on all counts. On appeal, Kentucky Fuel challenges these
awards. For the reasons below, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand. |
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