Legal Opinion
Kenneth Adkins v. Basil Wolever
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2012No. 11-1656PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERNICE B. DONALD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns whether Plaintiff-Appellant Kenneth Adkins was entitled to an adverse inference instruction because video and photographic evidence relating to his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force claim against Defendant-Appellee Basil Wolever was lost by Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility (“IMAX”), the prison where Adkins was housed and where Wolever was employed. The district court initially denied Adkins’s request for an adverse inference instruction, applying Michigan law as required by Sixth Circuit precedent at that time. The case proceeded…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Mark N. Silvestri v. General Motors Corporation, Dfendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Adkins v. WoleverCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- Beaven v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
- Kounelis v. SherrerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2008
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3Cited by59 opinions
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