Ramachandran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SATISH RAMACHANDRAN, Case No. 18-cv-01223-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS

v. FOR SANCTIONS AND ATTORNEYS'

FEES

CITY OF LOS ALTOS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 408, 410 Defendants.

13 Defendants the City of Los Altos (“City”), Kirk Ballard, and Chris Jordan move for sanctions and for an award of attorneys’ fees under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure against plaintiff Satish Ramachandran and his counsel. Dkt. Nos. 408, 410. Mr. Ramachandran and his counsel oppose these motions. Dkt. Nos. 412, 414. For the reasons explained below, the Court denies defendants’ motion for Rule 11 sanctions and their motion for an award of attorneys’ fees. I. BACKGROUND The pertinent facts of this case have been described in detail in prior orders and the Court will not recount them here. See e.g., Dkt. Nos. 82, 199, 336, 391. As relates to the present motion, on…