Witness Tampering

By: Derek Hawkins//January 9, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Armando Ramirez v. T&H Lemont, Inc.

Case No.: 16-1753

Officials: EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Witness Tampering

Upon finding that plaintiff Armando Ramirez had offered a witness money in exchange for his favorable testimony, the district court dismissed Ramirez’s suit with prejudice. Ramirez appeals, contending that the district court erred in finding that he engaged in witness tampering and that it abused its discretion in dismissing the case with prejudice as a sanction. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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