SyncPoint Imaging, LLC v. Nintendo of America Inc. et al, No. 2:15-cv-00247 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 26, 2018)

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On September 5, 2018, Karl Hansen and his attorney Joseph G. Pia appeared before the Court in response to an order to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, 28 U.S.C. § 1927, or the Court’s inherent powers. Pia included certain statements shown to be materially untruthful in the August 10, 2015 declaration prepared for Hansen and relied upon in Plaintiff’s memorandum in opposition to Nintendo’s venue motion. [Dkt. No. 363]. After considering Pia’s response to the show cause order [Dkt. No.