Gibbs v. Tennessee Department of Corrections et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
JERMAINE GIBBS,
Plaintiff,
v.
CHARLES STEVENS, et al.,
Defendants.
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NO. 3:23-cv-01047
JUDGE RICHARDSON
ORDER
Pending before the Court is a “Motion for Summary Judgment Due to Spoliation of
Material Evidence, or Other Sanctions Against Defendant Tennessee Department of Corrections”
(Doc. No. 54, “Motion”) filed by Plaintiff, Jermaine Gibbs. Via the Motion, Plaintiff seeks
summary judgment against Defendant Tennessee Department of Corrections (“TDOC”) due to the
purported spoilation of certain video evidence by TDOC. (Doc. No. 54 at 15-16). In the alternative,
Plaintiff requests that the Court enter a default judgment against TDOC (id. at 16), provide the
jury with an adverse inference (id. at 16-18), or “fashion” another “spoliation sanction as it deems
appropriate.” (Id. at 18). Since the Motion was filed, however, TDOC was terminated as a
defendant in this action, (Doc. No. 94), and therefore the relief requested in the Motion is now
moot.
Accordingly, the Motion (Doc. No. 54) is DENIED as moot.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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ELI RICHARDSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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