Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Bosa Development California II, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Case No.: 3:17-cv-0666-AJB-BGS

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION FOR SANCTIONS (Doc. No. 118) Bosa Development California II, Inc., et al., 15 Defendants.

Defendant moves the Court for sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure arguing Plaintiff “blatantly ignored the absolute confidentiality of mediation writings and communications and, indeed, has purported to file such writings in the public record in support of its motion for summary judgment. . . .” (Doc. No. 118-1 at 8.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 provides in pertinent part, that when an attorney presents a signed paper to a court that attorney is certifying that to the best of his or her “knowledge, information and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances ... the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law or by nonfrivolous argument for…