Opinion ID: 4524788
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Defendant’s Motion to Supplement the Record

Text: As a final matter, Defendant has moved—under either Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10(e)(2)(c) or pursuant to this Court’s equitable power—to supplement the record on appeal with a complete copy of Kelly’s federal income tax returns. This motion is DENIED. To begin with, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10 concerns the form of pleadings and there is no Rule 10(e)(2)(c). - 11 - Case No. 19-1326, Kelly v. Metropolitan Group Prop. and Cas. Ins. Co. Defendant must instead be referring to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(e)(2)(c), which permits the courts of appeals to supplement the record on appeal if “anything material . . . is omitted from or misstated in the record by error or accident.” Fed. R. App. P. 10(e)(2)(C). However, Defendant has not demonstrated how the addition of these documents to the record would correct any “omissions from” or “misstatements in” the district court record made in error or by accident. Instead, Defendant’s motion appears to be an impermissible attempt “to add new material that was never considered by the district court.” Inland Bulk Transfer Co. v. Cummins Engine Co., 332 F.3d 1007, 1012 (6th Cir. 2003). Additionally, Defendant has alleged no “special circumstances” that would justify an exercise of this Court’s equitable power to grant this motion. Id. at 1012–13. As such, neither Rule 10(e)(2)(c) nor our equitable power may be invoked to supplement the record with the documents proffered by Defendant.