Baltas v. Rizvani

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT JOE BALTAS, Plaintiff, No. 3:21-cv-00436-MPS v. MUHAMET RIZVANI, NATHAN ALEXANDER, THOMAS DONAHUE, MEGAN TYBURSKI, E. TUGIE, DAVID MAIGA, AND ROBERT BOWLES, Defendants. RULING OF DISMISSAL AS SANCTION FOR PERSISTENT THREATS OF VIOLENCE Litigants come to court to resolve their differences peacefully. Threats of violence between litigants have no place in litigation, and courts must not look the other way when they appear. It makes no difference whether a litigant threatens to harm an opposing litigant, opposing counsel, a witness, a judge,…