Legal Opinion
Centrifugal Force, Inc. v. Softnet Communication, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 11, 2011No. 08 Civ. 5463 (CM)(GWG)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Centrifugal Force, Inc., d/b/a Wise Choice Software (“CFI”), has moved for sanctions pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37 against defendants Beny Sofer, Inc. (“BSI”) and BSI’s principal Beny Sofer (collectively, the “Sofer Defendants”), as well as defendants Michael Mardkha and Aleksander Staszulonek d/b/a PowerLine Computers (“Staszulonek” or “Power-Line”) on the ground that they engaged in the spoliation of evidence. For the reasons stated below, the motion for sanctions is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Nature of the…
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