Wynne
3D Systems, Inc. v. Wynne
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 3D SYSTEMS, INC., Case No.: 21-cv-1141-AGS-DDL
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART
v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
SANCTIONS
BEN WYNNE, et al.,
Defendants. [Dkt. No. 346]
17 I. INTRODUCTION After defendant Ben Wynne was served with the lawsuit in this case, he and defendant Chris Tanner deleted information from a cloud-based platform called OnShape. The deleted information included computer-aided design (“CAD”) files pertaining to work that Wynne performed while employed at plaintiff 3D Systems and other information pertaining to 3D printing more generally. 3D Systems moves for terminating and other sanctions for spoliation of evidence under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) and the Court’s inherent authority. The Court has carefully considered the moving papers, the parties’ supplemental briefs, the…