McCurley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOHN MCCURLEY and DAN Case No. 17-cv-00986-BAS-AGS DEFOREST, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR Plaintiffs, SANCTIONS 12 v. (ECF No. 192)

ROYAL SEA CRUISES, INC.,

14 Defendant. 15 I. BACKGROUND On July 31, 2020, this Court granted in part Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike Witness Declarations, for Restraining Order, for Monetary Sanctions and for Disqualification of Counsel. (ECF No. 129 (“Motion for Sanctions I”); ECF No. 190.) In the Order, the Court expressed grave concern about Defendant’s conduct in contacting class members without notifying them that a class action existed, that they were potentially a member of that class, and that they could be represented by class counsel. The Court held that “[d]efense counsel violated an ethical rule when they encouraged their client to contact an individual the lawyer knew to be represented by counsel, regarding the subject of the representation,…