Franklin Livestock, Inc. v. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, No. 17-1829 (4th Cir. 2018)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-1829 FRANKLIN LIVESTOCK, INC., Plaintiff - Appellant, and J AND K CATTLE; KEVIN VAN BEEK; JAY LELOUX, Plaintiffs, v. BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC., Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:15-cv-00063-BO) Submitted: April 25, 2018 Decided: May 2, 2018 Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Alan D. McInnes, Phillip A. Harris, Jr., KILPATRICK TOWNSEND, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Kyle V. Miller, Michael E. McWilliams, BUTLER SNOW LLP, Ridgeland, Mississippi; Alex J. Hagan, Jeremy M. Falcone, ELLIS & WINTERS LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Franklin Livestock, Inc., appeals the district court’s orders dismissing its lawsuit as a sanction for discovery abuses and denying its motion to alter or amend judgment. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s thorough and well-reasoned orders, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Franklin Livestock, Inc. v. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., No. 5:15-cv00063-BO (E.D.N.C. Apr. 18, 2017; June 15, 2017). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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