CALSEP A/S v. DABRAL

No. 22-20440.

84 F.4th 304 (2023)

CALSEP A/S; Calsep, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ashish DABRAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexis J. Gomez , Attorney (argued), Cameron Phair Pope, Esq. , Hunton Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Timothy A. Cleveland , Cleveland Krist, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Andrew Pearce , Attorney (argued), Whitney Brieck , Christopher Paul Hanslik, Esq. , BoyarMiller, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant,

Before Clement, Elrod, and Willett, Circuit Judges.


One company, alleging that another company stole the code for its software product, filed a lawsuit. During discovery, the alleged thief destroyed electronic evidence. That was a violation of several court orders and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. So, the district court sanctioned the spoliator by entering a default judgment...

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