Opinion ID: 661134
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Motion for Sanctions and Admonishment Hearing

Text: 57 Plaintiff also moves for sanctions and an admonishment hearing. Specifically, Plaintiff asks the Court to admonish Chief Reiher because he allegedly has given three different versions of his conversation with Ms. Baker. However, the Court finds no contradiction in any of Chief Reiher's statements. He simply has no recollection. Additionally, this issue is moot because of res judicata. 58 Second, Plaintiff asks the Court to sanction Chief Reiher for not producing a police log tape of a phone conversation he allegedly had on February 10, 1993. However, Chief Reiher is not a party to this litigation. He has no recollection of the phone call. He is unable to produce any tape in accordance with the subpoena. Inability to produce a document is an adequate excuse against a motion for sanctions. United States v. Bryan, 339 U.S. 323, 330 (1949). Indeed, it is not clear if there is a recorded phone line from the record. Chief Reiher only claims that a log is kept on some of the phone lines. Reiher dep. at 56. In any event, the underlying issue that the phone conversation implicates, namely, whether Defendants entered the boardroom is moot because of res judicata. 59 Ergo, Defendants' motion for summary judgment (d/e 25) is ALLOWED. Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment (d/e 31) is DENIED. Defendants' motion to suppress (d/e 43) is ALLOWED. Plaintiff's motion for admonishment hearing (d/e 48) is DENIED. Plaintiff's motion to modify protective order (d/e 55) is DENIED. 60 Case CLOSED.