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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SRIDHAR SRINVASAN, Case No. 18-cv-03977-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER ON MOTION FOR

SANCTIONS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 57 JERED KENNA, Defendant. MICHAEL HAAS, et al., Case No. 18-cv-03978-HSG Plaintiff, Re: Dkt. No. 43 v.

JERED KENNA, Defendant.

Pending before the Court is Defendant’s motions for sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 or the Court’s inherent powers. Case No. 18-cv-03977, Dkt. No. 57; Case No. 18-cv-03978, Dkt. No. 43 (“Mot.”). Defendant requests sanctions based on Plaintiffs counsel’s pursuit of “frivolous claims in [both] matter[s] over the course of many months through pleading after amended pleading.” Mot. at 3. For the following reasons, the Court DENIES both motions.1 // // // // //

I. LEGAL STANDARD

1 Section 1927 states: 2 Any attorney or other person admitted to conduct cases in any court of the…