Deerpoint Group, Inc. v. Agrigenix, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEERPOINT GROUP, INC., an Illinois Case No. 1:18-cv-00536-AWI-BAM corporation, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S Plaintiff, MOTION FOR SANCTIONS 13 v. (Doc. 168) 14 AGRIGENIX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; SEAN MAHONEY, an individual; and CUSTOM AG FORMULATORS, INC., a California Corporation, 17 Defendants. 18 19 On April 21, 2022, Plaintiff Deerpoint Group, Inc. (“Deerpoint”) filed a motion for sanctions against Defendants Agrigenix, LLC and Sean Mahoney (“Defendants”) for failure to preserve ESI (“Electronically Stored Information”) in violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 37(e). (Doc. 168.) On May 13, 2022, the Court stayed briefing on the motion for sanctions pending resolution of Defendant Agrigenix’s bankruptcy and the motion to withdraw filed by Defendants’ counsel. (Doc. 177.) On July 25, 2022, following the lifting of the stay and the resolution of the motion to withdraw, the Court ordered Defendants to respond…