Rinaldi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 PERSIAN GULF INC., Individually and Case No.: 15cv1749-JO-KSC and on Behalf of All Others Similarly 18cv1374-JO-KSC Situated,

ORDER ON DEFENDANT ALON’S

Plaintiff, MOTIONS FOR SANCTIONS v.

BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS LLC, et 15 al.,

16 Defendants.

Lead Case No. 18cv1374-JO-KSC 18 RICHARD BARTLETT, et al., (consolidated with No. 18cv1377-JO- Individually and on Behalf of All Others KSC) Similarly Situated, 20 Plaintiffs, 21 v. 22 BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS LLC, et 23 al., 24 Defendants. 25 In these putative class actions for antitrust conspiracy, Defendant Alon USA Energy, Inc. filed identical motions for sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 against Plaintiff Persian Gulf Inc. and individual consumer plaintiffs Joshua Elbright, Paul Lee, and David Rinaldi (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Dkt. 282; Bartlett et al. v. BP West Coast Products LLC et al., 18cv1374-JO-AGS, Dkt. 167 (together, “Alon’s Sanc. Mots.”). For the reasons below the…