Medlink Health Solutions, LLC v. Maddox Defense, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
9 MEDLINK HEALTH SOLUTIONS, Case No.: 22-cv-1306-AGS-DEB LLC,
ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS
Plaintiff,
ON ATTORNEY SEAN MICHAEL
v. JONES
MADDOX DEFENSE, INC., et al.,
Defendants. [DKT. NO. 87] 15 This Order follows a hearing on the Court’s Order to Show Cause why attorney Sean Michael Jones should not be sanctioned for: (1) failing to appear at the Court’s November 16, 2023 Status Conference; (2) failing to appear at the Court’s December 6, 2023 Status Conference; and (3) failing to timely submit a declaration. Dkt. Nos. 87, 90. For the reasons discussed below, the Court orders Jones to pay $526.50 in 20 compensatory sanctions to Plaintiff Medlink Health Solutions, LLC (“Medlink”) for his 21 failures to appear at the November 16, 2023 and December 6, 2023 Status Conferences. 22 A. Background 23 On October 20, 2023, Jones failed to appear at a Court-ordered hearing on a motion 24 to extend scheduling order deadlines. See Dkt. No. …