Opinion
Civil Action 3:18-CV-1091-X
08-18-2023
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BRANTLEY STARR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
The Court previously sanctioned Fun Eats and Drinks, LLC (“Champps”) and Champps's General Counsel, Luke Kosters, for violating multiple Court orders and ordered the contemnors to pay Plaintiffs $5,415 in attorney fees. Champps and Kosters didn't do that, so Plaintiffs now file a new motion for contempt [Doc. 109], asking the Court to jail Kosters until he (1) pays the $5,415 in attorney fees and (2) responds to post-judgment discovery (the basis of the original contempt motion). Additionally, Plaintiffs seek even more attorney fees for this second contempt motion.
The Court DENIES Plaintiffs' motion for contempt. Specifically, Plaintiffs appear to seek a contempt daisy chain, in which they bring contempt motions for repeated failures to comply with Court orders and secure attorney fees associated with bringing those motions. As for jailing Kosters, the Court declines to construct a debtor's prison that the Fourteenth Amendment and federal law both prohibit. Plaintiffs need to collect on their judgment or sue any fraudulent transferee. Repetitious sanctions motions are not the answer.
IT IS SO ORDERED.