Judge: Colin Leis, Case: 21STCV06652, Date: 2023-04-05 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV06652    Hearing Date: April 5, 2023    Dept: 74

KEITH FOX, et al. vs EQUITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, LLC, et al. 21STCV06652

Megan Horrall’s motion filed February 24, 2023, to Compel the Equity Defendants’ Responses to First Set of Special Interrogatories

Arielle Fox’s motion filed February 24, 2023 to Compel the Equity Defendants’ Responses to First Set of Special Interrogatories

On March 21, 2023, the court continued both motions solely on the issue of sanctions.  Each plaintiff requests discovery sanctions of $1,800 in attorney’s fees for 4.5 hours work on their respective motions. The two motions largely duplicate each other. Thus, 4.5 hours for each is unreasonable. The court finds 5.5 hours in total is reasonable. Accordingly, the court orders defendants, jointly and severally, to pay plaintiff’s counsel $2,200 in attorney’s fees as discovery sanctions within 30 days of this order.