Reel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AARON REEL, Case No.: 22cv526-W(LR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER ISSUING MONETARY

v. SANCTIONS CITY OF EL CENTRO, et al., Defendants. 16 17 This order follows supplemental declarations submitted by counsel for Plaintiff Aaron Reel and Defendant the City of El Centro (“the City”) regarding the appropriate amount of monetary sanctions that should be issued after the Court granted Plaintiff’s request for sanctions against the City pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(d). (See ECF No. 101 at 12.) For the reasons explained below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s fee request in part and awards Plaintiff reasonable attorney fees of $2000.00 and costs of $495.00. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND On June 18, 2024, the Court granted Plaintiff’s request for monetary sanctions against the City for its unilateral cancellation of two non-party El Centro police officers’ depositions…