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Sanctions

By: Derek Hawkins//October 26, 2021//

Sanctions

By: Derek Hawkins//October 26, 2021//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Kelly D. Ebmeyer v. Adam Brock, et al.,

Case No.: 19-2065

Officials: FLAUM, ROVNER, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sanctions

Kelly D. Ebmeyer sued several prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment. The district court ultimately dismissed the suit with prejudice as a sanction for Ebmeyer’s litigation conduct related to his attempts to identify one of the prison employee defendants. Because the court failed to make the necessary findings to support this sanction, we vacate and remand for further proceedings. We also affirm the court’s grant of summary judgment to other defendants.

Vacated and remanded in part. Affirmed in part.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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