General Teamsters Local 439 v. Leprino Foods Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GENERAL TEAMSTERS LOCAL #439, No. 2:21-cv-00563-MCE-CKD affiliated with INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, Plaintiff, ORDER v. LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY, Defendant. 17 On January 7, 2022, this Court denied Plaintiff General Teamsters Local #439’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Compel Arbitration on grounds that the present action is barred by collateral estoppel. ECF No. 22. Defendant Leprino Foods Company (“Defendant”) also moved for sanctions against Plaintiff and its counsel under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11,1 which the Court granted. Id. Because the Court has already determined that sanctions are warranted, it will not recount the facts surrounding the basis for those sanctions here. By way of its Rule 11 Motion, Defendant seeks to recover “all costs and fees incurred to defend itself in this matter, including [Defendant’s] fees incurred in bringing

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