Pappas

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

PM CORPORATE GROUP INC, DOME

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