Banks
Banks v. Whambo! Enterprises LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DWIGHT BANKS, Case No.: 20-cv-1674-LAB (DEB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS
v. ON MICHAEL A. TAIBI, ESQ.
WHAMBO! ENTERPRISES, LLC dba
BAGBY BEER COMPANY;
GALLEISKY PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT, LLC,
17 Defendants.
19 I. INTRODUCTION On April 19, 2021, the Magistrate Judge Daniel E. Butcher held a hearing on two Orders to Show Cause directed to Plaintiff Dwight Banks and three Orders to Show Cause directed to Plaintiff’s attorney Michael A. Taibi. Dkt. Nos. 11, 16, 21, 28, 31. Prior to the hearing, Banks and Taibi submitted briefing, declarations, and evidence responding to the Orders. See Dkt. Nos. 12, 19, 26, 27. Upon consideration of the information before the Court, the Court sanctions Taibi $500 for the conduct at issue in the December 7, 2020 Order to Show Cause. The Court also sanctions Taibi $1,000 for the conduct at issue in the December 22, 2020 Order to Show Cause, reaffirms…