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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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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.