Mpala v. City of New Haven, No. 3:12-CV-01580 (VLB), 2014 WL 883892 (D. Conn. Mar. 6, 2014)

Key Insight: Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions based on spoliation of evidence denied, where two surveillance videos that plaintiff claimed had been destroyed never actually existed, and relevance of the third video that may have existed was “tenuous at best”

Nature of Case: Pro se plaintiff alleged constitutional violations stemming from his suspension from the New Haven Public Library

Electronic Data Involved: Surveillance videos