MNE Trucking, Inc. v. OJ Commerce, LLC

Summary

The court orders MNE Trucking, Inc. to show cause why it should not be sanctioned for failing to meet an April 28, 2025 deadline to produce responsive invoices. The court states that it intends to impose coercive sanctions of $500 per day for each day after the deadline that production remains incomplete, payable to the court. Plaintiff may file a response by May 9, 2025.

Holdings

1. Because MNE Trucking admitted that it failed to comply with the court's April 28, 2025 deadline for producing responsive invoices, the court ordered it to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed.
2. The court stated its intent to impose coercive sanctions of $500 per day for each day after April 28, 2025 that MNE Trucking failed to complete production of responsive invoices with Bates stamps, with the sanctions payable to the court.

Questions Presented

1. Whether MNE Trucking should be required to show cause why it should not be sanctioned for failing to comply with the court's April 28, 2025 discovery-production deadline.
2. Whether coercive sanctions of $500 per day, payable to the court, were an appropriate proposed sanction for each day MNE Trucking failed to complete production of responsive invoices.

Disposition

other