Michael v. Liberty

DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR CONTEMPT AND MOTION FOR SANCTIONS & ORDER OF FINAL JUDGMENT

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

In this case, I previously granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff David J. Michael (“Michael”) and imposed Rule 37(d) sanctions against the defendants (collectively, “Liberty et al.”), 1 but reserved for trial the defense of settlement. Just before the final pretrial conference, Liberty et al. withdrew their defense of settlement for “economic” reasons. Michael then filed a new motion for sanctions under Rule 56(g) against Liberty “for filing a…