Towers v. Horner

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• holding that a contemnor may not satisfy his burden, on a defense of inability, by simply alleging it and \thereafter standing mute and asserting a Fifth Amendment privilege\
• concluding that the authenticity of patient cards can be established independently, citing Fed. R. Evid. 901(b)(4)
• allowing authentication of patient cards based on information in patient files and a blank patient card
• compelling production of patient signature cards based on authentication against patient records
• finding the district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing a conditional daily $100 fine as a civil contempt sanction on a party that failed to comply with its order enforcing an Internal Revenue Service summons seeking documents
• “[W]e find no abuse of discretion in the awarding of damages to the IRS to compensate for the reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees it incurred in the prosecution of the contempt proceeding.”

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