Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc. v. RYAN MATTHEW FOUNTAIN, Sanctioned Party-Appellant v. MOR/RYDE INTERNATIONAL INC.,…

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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LIPPERT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

RYAN MATTHEW FOUNTAIN,
Sanctioned Party-Appellant

v.

MOR/RYDE INTERNATIONAL INC., MOR/RYDE
INC.,
Defendants-Appellees
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2019-2121
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Indiana in No. 3:14-cv-01999-JD-
MGG, Judge Jon DeGuilio.
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Decided: June 8, 2020
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J
ONATHAN FROEMEL, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chi-
cago, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by
E
LIZABETH A. PETERS.

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LIPPERT COMPONENTS MFG. v. MOR/RYDE INTERNATIONAL
INC
.
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RYAN MATTHEW FOUNTAIN, Mishawaka, IN, argued pro
se.

JOSEPH ALBERT SALTIEL, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun
LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for defendants-appellees.
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Before P
ROST, Chief Judge, REYNA and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges.
PER CURIAM.
The United States District Court for the Northern Dis-
trict of Indiana sanctioned Ryan M. Fountain under
28 U.S.C. § 1927 and struck some of his filings from the
record. See Lippert Components Mfg., Inc. v. Mor/Ryde
Int’l Inc., No. 3:14-cv-1999, ECF No. 90 (N.D. Ind. May 20,
2016); id., ECF No. 145 (N.D. Ind. Feb. 23, 2017); id., ECF
No. 161 (N.D. Ind. Aug. 10, 2017). Mr. Fountain appeals
these actions.
Because we determine that the district court’s
28 U.S.C. § 1927 sanction award was not based upon clear
errors of fact and was not an abuse of discretion, we affirm
the award. We further determine that we lack jurisdiction
to review the district court’s striking of the filings from the
record, which does not constitute a sanction of Mr. Foun-
tain. Accordingly, insofar as this appeal challenges the dis-
trict court’s striking of filings from the record, we dismiss
for lack of jurisdiction.
AFFIRMED-IN-PART AND DISMISSED-IN-PART

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