Pompeian, Inc. v. The Mill at Kings River, LLC.; The Mill at Kings River, LLC v. Sunrise Olive Ranch, LLC, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
6 On June 13, 2025, the Court granted in part Plaintiff’s and Cross-Defendant’s Motions to 7 Compel and Request for Sanctions, (ECF No. 65). In that order, the Court also found that 8 sanctions for Plaintiff’s and Cross-Defendant’s reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, 9 incurred in preparing the motion to compel are appropriate under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10 37(a)(5)(A), and indicated that it would issue a separate order regarding that amount of sanctions. 11 (ECF No. 65, at p. 3). 12 On August 27, 2025, the issued the separate order regarding the amount of sanctions, 13 awarding Plaintiff expenses in the amount of $6,625.00 and Cross-Defendant expenses in the 14 amount of $7,910.00. (ECF No. 81). The Court ordered Defendants to pay these amounts no later 15 than sixty days from the date of the order, i.e., October 27, 2025. (Id., p. 9). 16 On October 31, 2025, Plaintiff filed a motion for relief under local rule 231(e). Plaintiff 17 stated that Defendants failed to pay $6,625, plus interest, in addition to reasonable expenses, on 18 October 27, 2025. (ECF No. 90, p. 2). Plaintiff sent a delinquency notice to Defendants on 19 October…