Ewing
Ewing v. Premium Merchant Funding One, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTON EWING, Case No.: 22-cv-215-JO-DDL
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR SANCTIONS 14 PREMIUM MERCHANT FUNDING [Dkt. No. 82]
ONE, LLC,
16 Defendant. 17 18 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion Requesting Sanctions Pursuant to Court’s Inherent Power to Maintain Respect for Its Orders (the “Motion”). Dkt. No. 82. Plaintiff moves the Court to order Defendant’s counsel, Zachary Frampton, to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. Id. at 2. Whether to hold a party in contempt is a matter of the Court’s discretion. See Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 749 (9th Cir. 2002). Among the factors the Court considers is whether the party against whom contempt sanctions are sought has acted in bad faith or willfully disobeyed an order of the Court. See Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 45 (1991). The Court previously declined to issue an order to show cause why defense counsel…