Ramachandran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SATISH RAMACHANDRAN, Case No. 18-cv-01223-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR SANCTIONS

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1927

CITY OF LOS ALTOS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 185 Defendants.

13 Defendants City of Los Altos and Los Altos employees Kirk Ballard, David Kornfield, and Christopher Jordan move for sanctions against counsel for plaintiff Satish Ramachandran pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927. Dkt. No. 185. Having considered the parties’ briefs and the arguments made at the hearing, the Court denies defendants’ motion. I. BACKGROUND Mr. Ramachandran filed this action against Los Altos and its employees for violation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in February 2018. Dkt. No. 1. On October 29, 2019, the Court issued an amended scheduling order setting the deadline for opening expert witness disclosures under Federal Rule of Civil…