Marathon Business Group, Inc. v. Henry Industries, Inc.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 MARATHON BUSINESS GROUP, INC., Case No. 20-cv-07799-JSW (AGT) Plaintiff,

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION

v. FOR SANCTIONS HENRY INDUSTRIES, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 25 Defendant. Because the plaintiff destroyed documents that were relevant to damages, the defendant maintains that monetary sanctions are warranted. On the facts presented, the Court disagrees. a The plaintiff acted negligently by not safeguarding relevant documents after this case began;

13 || but this negligence didn’t rise to the level of bad faith or conduct tantamount to bad faith. Monetary

14 || sanctions are thus not warranted under the Court’s inherent authority. See Leon v. IDX Sys. Corp.,

|| 464 F.3d 951, 961 (9th Cir. 2006); Fink v. Gomez, 239 F.3d 989, 993-94 (9th Cir. 2001). a Nor are monetary sanctions called for under the federal rules, based on the theory that the

= || plaintiff should have provided copies or…