Mahboob

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Beheshta MAHBOOB, individually and Case No.: 15-cv-0628-TWR-AGS on behalf of all others similarly situated, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

Plaintiff,

RULE 37 SANCTIONS (ECF 185)

v. AND PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR

RULE 11 SANCTIONS (ECF 189)

EDUCATIONAL CREDIT

MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, 11 Defendant.

With the aid of confidential discovery materials, plaintiff’s counsel reached out to this case’s current representative plaintiff. This contact, defendant argues, violated a protective order and the California Rules of Professional Conduct on solicitation. In addition, defendant alleges that plaintiff’s counsel committed violations by bringing a separate lawsuit in another district with this same plaintiff. Plaintiff deems these allegations frivolous and demands Rule 11 sanctions against defense counsel. BACKGROUND…