Optronic Technologies, Inc. v. Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., Ltd.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 OPTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC, Case No. 16-cv-06370-EJD (VKD)

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

10 v. DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR

SANCTIONS

11 NINGBO SUNNY ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 624 12 Defendants.

13 14 Plaintiff Optronic Technologies, Inc. (“Orion”) seeks sanctions pursuant to Rule 26(g) of 15 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure against defendant Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., Ltd. 16 (“Ningbo Sunny”) and its counsel Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (“Sheppard 17 Mullin”). For the reasons explained below, the Court grants Orion’s motion for sanctions with 18 respect to Ningbo Sunny’s responses to Orion’s document requests but denies the motion with 19 respect to Ningbo Sunny’s responses to Orion’s interrogatory. 20 I. BACKGROUND 21 The conduct for which Orion seeks sanctions concerns Ningbo Sunny’s written responses 22 to Orion’s post-judgment document requests and one…