Atrium Payroll Services, LLC v. PA Event and Broadcasting Service

I. INTRODUCTION

On July 27, 2021, Plaintiff Atrium Payroll Services, LLC (“Plaintiff”) filed a Notice of Motion and Motion for an Order Compelling Discovery Responses and Issuing Sanctions (“Motion to Compel” or “Mot. to Compel”) against defendants PA Event and Broadcasting Service, Production Associates Inc., and De Tune Company (collectively, “Defendants”) and their owner, third-party Michael Thuney (“Thuney”). Electronic Case Filing Number (“ECF No.”) 20. Defendants and Thuney failed to timely respond to the Motion to Compel—despite being ordered to do so by the Court—and failed to appear at a scheduled hearing on the matter; therefore, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel on September 14, 2021. See ECF Nos. 21, 23.

The same day, the Court entered an Order to Show Cause re: Contempt of Court (“OSC”) ordering Defendants and Thuney to show cause by October 1, 2021 why they should not be held in civil contempt of court for failing to obey Court orders. ECF No. 24, OSC at 1-2. Defendants were “warned that failure to respond [to] this Court’s order may result in a recommendation to the District Judge for the granting of Plaintiff’s request for sanctions.” Id. at 2…