Spoliation Dismissal for ‘Wiping’ Computer 
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Published: November 19, 2012
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge Ivan D. Davis, Judge Liam O'Grady, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A computer expert suing for discrimination who ignored his lawyer’s notice to maintain files and documents and instead ran programs called Evidence Eliminator and CCleaner to delete records, then “wiped” his work desktop, “took a sledgehammer to it” and dumped it in a landfill, has his suit dismissed by the Alexandria U.S. District Court for ...
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