Legal Opinion
Berry v. Vollbracht (In Re Vollbracht)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 24, 2007No. 06-60619UnpublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Appellant Don Berry had an altercation with Appellee Travis Vollbracht at the latter’s home. Although the parties dispute some of the surrounding events, they agree that Vollbracht punched Berry multiple times after Berry approached Voll-bracht, causing serious injury, and that Berry never hit Vollbracht. Vollbracht was eventually tried and convicted of simple assault in Mississippi state court, Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-7 (2001), his self-defense argument failing. Berry sued Vollbracht for civil assault, obtaining a default judgment that was later set aside. Partially as the result…
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