Balla v. Idaho State Bd. of Corr.
Decision Date | 11 August 2015 |
Docket Number | Case No. CV–81–1165–S–BLW. |
Parties | Walter D. BALLA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. IDAHO STATE BOARD OF CORRECTION, et al., Defendants. |
Court | U.S. District Court — District of Idaho |
Bradley J. Dixon, J. Walter Sinclair, Jason Emerson Prince, Stoel Rives LLP, George C. Patterson, Boise, ID, for Plaintiffs.
Colleen D. Zahn, Fred C. Goodenough, Michael S. Gilmore, Office of the Attorney General, Mark A. Kubinski, Paul R. Panther, Idaho Department of Correction, Boise, ID, Michaelina Murphy, Murphy Law Office, Meridian, ID, for Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR SANCTIONS [956]
Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion for Sanctions or, in the Alternative, Contempt (Dkt. 956). At issue is whether Defendant, the Idaho State Board of Correction, should be sanctioned for destroying or altering documents or otherwise presenting misleading information to the Court's appointed special master Dr. Marc Stern when he visited the Idaho State Correctional Institution ("ISCI") in September 2011 and January 2012. The parties briefed the issues and an evidentiary hearing was held on July 22 and 23, 2015.
Having considered the evidence presented to the Court, the Court finds the following facts have been established by clear and convincing evidence:
A. Appointment of Dr. Marc Stern as Special Master
B. ISCI's "Preparations" for Dr. Stern's Visits
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