Barajas Centeno v. City of Carlsbad

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CENTENO, Case No.: 3:19-cv-2098-L-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER OVERRULING

v. PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTION TO

MAGISTRATE ORDER [ECF 153]

CITY OF CARLSBAD, et al. Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court in this civil rights action is an objection to Magistrate 17 Judge Butcher’s order that imposed sanctions on Plaintiff’s counsel, Genaro Lara. (ECFs 18 149 and 153). The Court decides the matter without oral argument. Civ. L. R. 7.1. 19 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 72, the Court must “modify or set 20 aside any part of [a magistrate judge’s order] that is clearly erroneous or is contrary to the 21 law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72; Grimes v. City & Cty. of San Francisco, 951 F.2d 236, 240 (9th 22 Cir. 1991). 23 Judge Butcher imposed sanctions against Mr. Lara for his misconduct in this case, 24 including telling opposing counsel that their conduct was indicative of their “nature of 25 origin” and “low class.” (ECF 149). He also…