Parabia
State Bank of Texas v. Parabia
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STATE BANK OF TEXAS, Case No.: 14-cv-3031-L-DHB
Plaintiff,
ORDER
v. SAM PARABIA, ET AL., Defendants. 16 On March 29, 2021, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions Against Stephen F. Lopez, Esq. under 28 U.S.C. § 1927. (Docs. no. 334, 346.) The Court found that the requirements for sanctions against defense counsel Lopez were met but reserved the issue of the amount of attorneys’ fees because Plaintiffs’ evidence was insufficient to perform a lodestar analysis. (Doc. no. 346 (“Order”).) The Court requested additional evidence and supplemental briefing. (Id.) Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s supplemental briefing (docs. no. 347, 349) and Lopez’ responses (docs. no. 348, 351.) Immediately after Lopez filed his sur-reply, he also filed a notice of appeal appealing the Order. (Doc. no. 352.) On June 17, 2021, the appeal was dismissed by joint motion. (Doc. no. 356.) Upon consideration of the 27 …