Malibu Media, LLC v. Baiazid

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS III, District Judge.

In this copyright infringement suit— now concluded by way of a stipulated dismissal with prejudice pursuant • to Rule 41 (a)(l) (A) (ii), Fed.R.Civ.P. defendant seeks an award of attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 505 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927, claiming that he is a “prevailing party” under § 505 and alleging that plaintiffs litigation conduct, in this and other lawsuits, warrants sanctions,. Plaintiff, in turn, argues that defendant is not a “prevailing party” and further argues that sanctions are not warranted. The matter has been…