Hernandez
Hernandez v. KN Petroleum, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GERARDO HERNANDEZ, Case No. 4:24-cv-03653-KAW
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR v. SANCTIONS
KN PETROLEUM, LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 24, 33 Defendants.
12 On December 9, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion for terminating sanctions, or in the alternative, monetary sanctions. (Pl.’s Mot., Dkt. No. 24.) The Court issued two orders to show cause in connection with this motion for Defendants’ failure to timely file an opposition and set an order to show cause hearing for March 6, 2025, at which Defendants’ client representatives were explicitly ordered to appear. (Dkt. No. 33 at 2.) On March 6, 2025, the Court held a hearing on the motion for sanctions and on the orders to show cause. Defense counsel Gregory J. Antone and Defendants’ client representatives failed to appear, while Plaintiff’s counsel Tanya Moore appeared via videoconference. After considering the briefing and…