Carey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STORZ MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a No. 2:18-cv-00068-TLN-DB California Corporation, and STORZ REALTY, INC., Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SANCTIONS

v. ANDREW CAREY, an individual, and MARK WEINER, an individual, 16 Defendants.

18 This matter is before the Court on Defendants Andrew Carey (“Carey”) and Mark Weiner’s (“Weiner”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion for Sanctions. (ECF No. 27.) Plaintiffs Storz Management Company (“SMC”) and Storz Realty, Inc. (“SRI”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 32.) Defendants filed a reply. (ECF No. 36.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Defendants’ motion. /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiffs allege that Defendants, who were SMC’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, secretly started a competing business — called “Monolith” — while employed by SMC. (ECF No. 7 at 2.) …