Lever Your Business Inc v. Sacred Hoops and Hardwood, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEVER YOUR BUSINESS, INC., Case No. EDCV 19-1530-CAS (KKx)

Plaintiff and Counter Defendant, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S EX

v. PARTE APPLICATION FOR

SANCTIONS [DKT. 56]

SACRED HOOPS AND HARDWOOD,

INC.,

14 Defendant and Counter Claimant. 15 16 I. INTRODUCTION On April 2, 2021, Plaintiff and Counter Defendant Lever Your Business (“LYB”) filed an Ex Parte Application for Sanctions against Defendant and Counter Claimant Sacred Hoops and Hardwood, Inc. doing business as Top 10 Sports (“Top 10”) seeking terminating, evidentiary, and monetary sanctions for Top 10’s alleged discovery abuses (“Application”). ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 56. For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS LYB’s request for monetary sanctions and DENIES without prejudice LYB’s request for evidentiary and terminating sanctions. /// /// II. BACKGROUND LYB…