DNA Sports Performance Lab, Inc. v. Major League Baseball
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DNA SPORTS PERFORMANCE LAB, INC., et al., No. C 20-00546 WHA Plaintiffs,
v.
ORDER RE REQUEST FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, et al., ACCOUNTING AND TO SHOW
CAUSE
Defendants.
16 Defendants — Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association, and related entities — move for plaintiff Neiman Nix to provide a further sworn accounting of all funds obtained from any source since June 2021, and an order to show cause why Mr. Nix should not pay a fixed monthly amount towards satisfaction of his monetary sanction. The substantive facts underlying this dispute need not be repeated. Relevant here, an October 2021 sanctioned Mr. Nix and awarded attorney’s fees to the league and union totaling $137,446.25 (Dkt. No. 66). Mr. Nix did not pay the sanctions, so a February 2021 order held him in civil contempt and found his attorneys jointly liable for the fine (Dkt. No. 93). Later, the league and union moved to…