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OPINION & ORDER

*1 On December 7, 2017, the Court granted motions to dismiss filed by the defendants Frank M. Esposito, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP (“Dorsey”), Nathaniel H. Akerman, Edward S. Feldman, and Michael Hayden Sanford. Esposito, Dorsey, Akerman, and Feldman have now moved for attorney’s fees and sanctions against plaintiffs Michael and Norma Knopf (the “Knopfs”) and their attorneys Eric W. Berry, Gary Greenberg, and Joseph N. Paykin. For the reasons below, the motions are denied to the extent they seek imposition of sanctions against Greenberg or Paykin. Dorsey’s motion is otherwise granted, Esposito’s motion is granted in part, and the motions by Akerman and Feldman are denied.BackgroundThis action is one of four filed in federal court by the Knopfs. The federal actions are related to a state court action the Knopfs filed in 2009 (the “State Court Action”). Broadly, the State Court Action arises out of two 2006 loans the Knopfs made to Pursuit Holdings, LLC (“Pursuit”), a company controlled by Sanford, for the purchase of New York City properties (the “Properties”). In the State Court Action, the Knopfs sued

 
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