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United States District Court Central District of California

11 ALI SANABRIA, Case № 2:23-cv-01096-ODW (MRWx)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT [37] AND

14 SMALL BUSINESS LENDING et al., DENYING MOTION FOR

Defendants. SANCTIONS [36]

16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Ali Sanabria brings this wage-and-hour action against Defendants Small 19 Business Lending LLC (“SBL”) and NewtekOne Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”). 20 (Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”), ECF No. 15.) Defendants move for summary judgment 21 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 56, (Mot. Summ. J. (“MSJ”), ECF 22 No. 37), and for Sanctions pursuant to Rule 11, (Mot. Sanctions, ECF No. 36), 23 (collectively “Motions”). For the reason discussed below, the Court GRANTS IN 24 PART AND DENIES IN PART Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and 25 DENIES Defendants’ motion for sanctions.1 26

28 1 Having carefully considered the…