Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Erfe
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 10, 2020No. 3:17-cv-01764Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT KACEY LEWIS : Plaintiff, : : No. 3:17-CV-01764 (VLB) v. : : SCOTT ERFE, ET AL. : August 10, 2020 Defendant. : : Ruling and Order on Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions In this excessive force and deliberate indifference bench trial, Plaintiff Kacey Lewis (“Plaintiff”) moves for the Court to sanction remaining Defendants Lieutenant Hackett, Lieutenant Colvin, and Nurse Baker for spoliation of key evidence. [ECF Nos. 101 & 101-1 at 1]. Plaintiff seeks an adverse inference instruction to the jury that the defendants “willfully destroyed video…
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