DEERING v. MARTIN

No. 23-2853.

115 F.4th 923 (2024)

Daniel'la DEERING, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Lockheed MARTIN, a Maryland Corporation, Defendant-Appellee Maryanne Lavan, an individual; Kenneth Bastian, an individual, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 17, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Daniel R. Olson, of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellant brief; Danielle W. Fitzsimmons, of Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Joseph George Schmitt, of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellee brief; Michael E. Kenneally, of Washington, DC, Michael S. Burkhardt, of Philadelphia, PA.

Before COLLOTON, Chief Judge, SHEPHERD and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


The district court decided that the appropriate sanction for a plaintiff who lied in a deposition and withheld information was dismissal. We affirm.

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After Lockheed Martin fired Daniel'la Deering, one of its in-house lawyers, she sued for discrimination and retaliation. Summary judgment marked the end of...

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