Ewing

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTON EWING, Case No.: 18CV2845-LAB (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS

v. LEADEXCEL, INC., et al., Defendants. 16 On December 10, 2019, the Court issued an order staying the case in its entirety pending the outcome of Defendant Ron Taylor’s bankruptcy proceedings. Ewing was ordered to monitor the docket of those proceedings and to file a notice within 60 days of the date the bankruptcy proceedings concluded. On February 7, Plaintiff Anton Ewing filed an ex parte motion or request for judicial notice, in which he asked the Court to take notice of a criminal indictment against Taylor. Because the indictment accused Taylor of crimes involving cell phones, Ewing argued that was relevant to his liability in this case. The Court struck Ewing’s improper request and ordered him to show cause why he should not be sanctioned both for violating the Court’s stay order, and under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)(1) for filing…