Anabi Oil Corp. v. iFuel CA2/4
In this post-remittitur opinion, we impose $11,562.50 in monetary sanctions against attorney Kenneth P. Roberts and law firm K.P. Roberts & Associates (collectively Roberts), counsel for plaintiff and appellant Anabi Oil Corporation (Anabi), for filing a frivolous motion to recall the remittitur. In our initial opinion, we affirmed an order granting in part and denying in part an anti-SLAPP motion filed by defendants and appellants iFuel, Inc., and Artashes Yepremyan. We did not address the issue of iFuel and Yepremyan’s entitlement to appellate attorney fees, which the parties had not raised. In our disposition, we ordered that “Anabi, iFuel, and Yepremyan shall bear their own costs on appeal.” (Anabi Oil Corp. v. iFuel, Inc. (July 6, 2021, No. B301899) 2021 Cal.App.Unpub. LEXIS 4407, at *42 (Anabi I).) Following issuance of the remittitur, which restated our order regarding costs, iFuel and Yepremyan filed in the trial court a motion to recover appellate attorney fees under the
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