Litigating the Preliminary Injunction Appeal pursuant to the 9th Circuit's Rule 3-3(b), shall the Defendant-Appellee file an Answering Brief "within 28 days of service of appellant's opening brief"?

Pursuant to the 9th Circuit Rule 31-2.3, shall the 9th Circuit impose sanctions on the Defendant-Appellee's Attorney at Law for failing to file an Answering Brief on time and for failing to notify the 9th Circuit that no Brief would be filed?

If the Defendants missed a deadline to file an Answering Brief without notifying the Court of Appeals that no Brief would be filed, and if the Plaintiff-Appellant requested to process the Appeal without awaiting the Answering and the Reply Briefs, shall the Court of Appeals ignore the Plaintiff's request and allow the Defendants-Appellees to file an Answering Brief?

Shall the 9th Circuit deny without any explanations the Plaintiff-Appellant's Motion for Sanctions pursuant to the 9th Circuit's Rule 31-2.3 for Defendants-Appellees failure to file an Answering Brief on time and for failure to notify the Court that no Brief would be filed?

Whether the 9th Circuit erred in denying Plaintiff-Appellant's motion for sanctions against Defendant-Appellee for failure to file an answering brief on time and failure to notify the court