上次查看桑兰是去年 9月,今天因为查看郗小星案卷,顺便看了一下桑兰案进展,发现桑兰案以及在去年11月底结案。原告桑兰提出要求撤诉,被告 KS LIU 等人表示同意撤诉,撤诉条件不明,而莫虎则要求继续诉讼。案卷显示,法院已经批准桑兰撤诉。
根据法官的总结,案件中,桑兰与被告双方互相启动了多次 Rule 11 制裁动议。第一个制裁动议,海明向被告认罪和解,但被告针对桑兰的制裁动议被法院拒绝。被告的第二个制裁动议,后来被告撤销。第三轮双方制裁动议,均被法院暂时拒绝。因此,在桑兰提出撤诉后,莫虎已经没有权利再递交新的制裁动议。法官写到:a Rule 11 motion seeking sanctions against Mr. Xu could not comply with the safe harbor provision because Mr. Xu no longer represents any party in this case and therefore cannot withdraw the challenged paper, whether it be the fourth amended complaint or any other paper he signed... given the pendency of the plaintiff’s motion for voluntary dismissal of this action, any Rule 11 sanctions motion directed at the fourth amended complaint would be too late because Sang Lan already seeks to withdraw the offending pleading.
法官注意到,莫虎的第三个制裁动议可以重新提起。但法官警告说,他之前已经暗示莫虎,这个制裁动议不会成功。法官给了莫虎14天时间考虑是否重提第三个制裁动议。根据案卷,莫虎没有重提,也就是放弃了这个制裁动议。