Pappas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, No. 2:21-cv-00753 DJC AC a Delaware corporation, 12 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER v. 14 JOHN PAPPAS, III, an individual, 15 MERILIZ INC., dba DOME PRINTING,

PM CORPORATE GROUP INC, DOME

16 PRINTING AND PACKAGING, LLC and DOES 1-10, inclusive., 17 Defendants. 18 19 20 This matter is before the court on defendants’ motion for sanctions, filed March 26, 2024 21 and set for hearing May 1, 2024. ECF No. 173. The matter was taken under submission and 22 heard on the papers. ECF No. 175. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied. 23 I. Relevant Background & Motion 24 Defendants PM Corporate Group and Dome Printing and Packaging move the court, 25 pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5)(B), to impose sanctions in the amount of 26 $29,785.00 upon plaintiff R.R. Donnelley & Sons on the grounds that plaintiff filed various 27 motions to compel (specifically, ECF Nos. 128, 129, 130, and 131) that have been denied. ECF 28 No. 173 at…