Judge: Daniel M. Crowley, Case: 22STCV30309, Date: 2024-12-10 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV30309    Hearing Date: December 10, 2024    Dept: 71

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

DEPARTMENT 71

TENTATIVE RULING

Judgment Creditor Because Nice Matters, LLC’s unopposed motion to compel Judgment Debtor Kenya Rae Johnson p/k/a Rae Khalil to respond to Judgment Creditor’s Special Interrogatories (Set One) is granted.  Judgment Debtor is ordered to is ordered to provide Code-compliant responses without objections within 20 days.

Judgment Creditor’s unopposed motion to compel Judgment Debtor to respond to Judgment Creditor’s Request for Production of Documents (Set One) is granted.  Judgment Debtor is ordered to is ordered to provide Code-compliant responses and produce the requested documents without objections within 20 days.

          Judgment Creditor Because Nice Matters, LLC (“BNM”) (“Judgment Creditor”) moves unopposed to compel pro per Judgment Debtor Kenya Rae Johnson p/k/a Rae Khalil (“Johnson”) (“Judgment Debtor”) to respond to its Special Interrogatories (Set One) (“SROG”) that it propounded on May 10, 2024.  (Notice of Motion, pg. 2.)

Judgment Creditor moves unopposed to compel Judgment Debtor to respond to its Request for Production of Documents (Set One) (“RFP”) that it propounded on May 10, 2024.  (Notice of Motion, pg. 2.)[1]

1.     Motion to Compel Special Interrogatories

Having reviewed Judgment Creditor’s unopposed Motion to Compel Responses from Judgment Debtor to its SROG, the Court rules as follows:

          On May 10, 2024, Judgment Creditor served SROG on Judgment Debtor’s counsel.  (Decl. of Dowdall ¶2, Exh. 1.)  Judgment Debtor’s responses were due on June 11, 2024, and no responses have been served.   (Decl. of Dowdall ¶¶4, 7.)  Judgment Creditor now moves to compel responses to the SROG.

Judgment Creditor’s motion to compel responses is granted pursuant to C.C.P. §2030.290(b) and §708.020(c).  Judgment Debtor is ordered to provide verified responses to Judgment Creditor’s SROG compliant with C.C.P. §§2030.210(a) and 2030.220 without objections within 20 days.

Moving Party is to give notice of this ruling.

2.     Motion to Compel Request for Production

Having reviewed Judgment Creditor’s unopposed Motion to Compel Responses from Judgment Debtor to Judgment Creditor’s RFP, the Court rules as follows:

          On May 10, 2024, Judgment Creditor served RFP on Judgment Debtor’s counsel.  (Decl. of Dowdall ¶2, Exh. 1.)  Judgment Debtor’s responses were due on June 11, 2024, and no responses have been served.   (Decl. of Dowdall ¶¶4, 7.)  Judgment Creditor now moves to compel responses to the RFP.

Judgment Creditor’s motion to compel responses is granted pursuant to C.C.P. §2031.300(b) and §708.030(c).  Respondent is ordered to provide verified responses to Judgment Creditor’s RFP and produce documents compliant with C.C.P. §§2031.300(a) and 2031.210 without objections within 20 days.

Moving Party is to give notice of this ruling.

Dated:  December _____, 2024