Darmer v. Jenkins-Jones et al

Filing 341

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS and awarding defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company attorney's fees and costs as a sanction. (Written Opinion) Signed by Chief Judge John R. Tunheim on 4/1/2020. (HAZ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
STEVEN DARMER,
Plaintiff,
v.
STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY
COMPANY,

Civil No. 17-4309 (JRT/KMM)

ORDER ON REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATION

Defendant.
Edward E Beckmann, BECKMANN LAW FIRM, LLC, 3800 American
Boulevard West, Suite 1500, Bloomington, MN 55431, for plaintiff.
Scott G Williams, Michelle Christensen, HKM LAW GROUP, 30 East 7th
Street, Suite 3200, St Paul, MN 55101, Lehoan T. Pham, LATHROP GPM
LLP, 80 South 8th Street, Suite 500 IDS Center, Minneapolis, MN 55402, for
defendant.
The above matter comes before the Court upon the Report and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Katherine Menendez dated
February 24, 2020. No objections have been filed to that Report and Recommendation
in the time period permitted. Based on the Report and Recommendation of the
Magistrate Judge, on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, the Court now
makes and enters the following Order.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Steven Darmer, Edward Beckmann, or both, shall pay
State Farm $19,515.80 in attorney’s fees and costs as a sanction for the failure to

comply with a discovery order pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2) and for abuse of the discovery
process pursuant to the Court’s inherent powers.

Dated: April 1, 2020
at Minneapolis, Minnesota

s/John R. Tunheim
JOHN R. TUNHEIM
Chief Judge
United States District Court

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