Kyle Zoellner v. Eric Losey
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KYLE CHRISTOPHER ZOELLNER, Case No. 18-cv-04471-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
v. FOR SANCTIONS
CITY OF ARCATA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 382 Defendants.
12 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 37 and 11. (Dkt. No. 382.) Having carefully considered the submissions, including by non-party Maggie Fleming, and having given the parties the opportunity for oral argument on December 1, 2022, the Court DENIES the motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff seeks sanctions pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 37(c)(1) and 11 related to five categories of documents that he contends were not timely produced: (1) a written fiber report by the Department of Justice; (2) a 2020 email from non-party District Attorney Maggie Fleming to the Arcata Police Chief; (3) April 2017 emails between Chief Tom Chapman and Ms. Fleming; (4) 21 pages of police reports;…