Farmer et al v. MGM Grand Hotel, LLC

Filing 58

ORDER Denying 39 Plaintiffs' Motion for Sanctions. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 6/6/2014. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - EDS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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RASHAUNDA FARMER AND DIANE ESON,

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Plaintiffs,
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MGM GRAND HOTEL, LLC, d/b/a MGM
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GRAND HOTEL, CASINO AND THEME PARK, )
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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:13-cv-00686-GMN-GWF
ORDER

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This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Sanctions (#39), filed on March 24,
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2014. Defendants filed their Response (#47) on April 10, 2014. The Court conducted a hearing in
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this matter on May 7, 2014.
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
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The principal grounds for Plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions is its allegation that Defendants
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misidentified who employed the security officers who allegedly refused to allow Plaintiffs to enter
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the Wet Republic pool area because of their race. That issue has been resolved by Order (#55)
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which allowed Plaintiffs to file a second amended complaint adding FDR Management, LLC, d/b/a
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AMG Management Group as a defendant in this case. The Court finds that the circumstances
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relating to this issue do not justify the imposition of sanctions against Defendants. Plaintiffs failed
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to set forth with any particularity in their motion the alleged grounds for imposing sanctions against
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Defendants. Plaintiffs’ bare allegations of misrepresentations or other misconduct by Defendants,
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without providing any reasonable detailed explanation of the same does not support a motion for
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sanctions. Accordingly,
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Sanctions (#39) is denied.

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DATED this 6th day of June, 2014.

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GEORGE FOLEY, JR.
United States Magistrate Judge

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