Joan Celia Lee v. POW Entertainment, Inc.

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 JOAN CELIA LEE, Case No. 2:19-cv-08353-ODW(FFMx) Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

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DISMISS [20] AND MOTION FOR

14 POW! ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and SANCTIONS [35] 15 DOES 1 through 10, Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION On March 4, 2020, Defendant POW! Entertainment, Inc., (“POW”) filed a 19 motion to dismiss the amended complaint filed by Plaintiff Joan Celia Lee (“JC Lee”). 20 (Mot. to Dismiss, ECF No. 20.) POW argues that JC Lee’s amended complaint is 21 barred by the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, and statute of limitations.1 22 On these grounds, POW also filed a motion for sanctions against JC Lee. (Mot. for 23 Sanctions, ECF No. 35.) On June 22, 2020, the Court held a hearing for the Motion 24 for Sanctions. Mr. Freund, Mr. Huber, and Mr. Johnson appeared on behalf of JC 25 Lee, who was present. Mr. Rainey and Mr. Knopfle appeared for POW. For the 26 27 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the Motion to 28…