Legal Opinion
Coan v. Dunne
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 16, 2019No. 3:15-cv-00050 (JAM); Adv. Proc. No. 15-5019 (JAM) (consol.)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jeffrey Alker Meyer, United States District Judge
Plaintiff-Trustee Richard M. Coan has moved for contempt and discovery sanctions against debtor-defendant Sean Dunne. Doc. #70. In essence, the Trustee accuses Dunne of willful failure to preserve and produce emails from certain email accounts as well as other discovery misconduct.
I referred the Trustee's motion to U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert M. Spector, who pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(e)(6)(B) entered an order certifying facts to support a finding of contempt and recommended a range of sanctions including an award of attorney's fees and…
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