Judge: Daniel M. Crowley, Case: 23STCV20237, Date: 2024-04-02 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV20237    Hearing Date: April 2, 2024    Dept: 71

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

DEPARTMENT 71

TENTATIVE RULING

Plaintiff LA Melrose Place No. 49, LLC’s unopposed motion to compel further responses to its Request for Production of Documents (Set One) is denied.

Plaintiff’s request for sanctions is denied. 

Plaintiff LA Melrose Place No. 49, LLC (“LA Melrose”) (“Plaintiff”) moves unopposed to compel further responses from Defendant The Prosciutto Project, LLC (“Prosciutto Project”) (“Defendant”) to its Request for Production of Documents (Set One) (“RFP”) and requests sanctions against Defendant in the amount of $2,810.00.  (Notice Motion, pg. 2; C.C.P. §§2016.040, 2031.310(b).)

The Court denies Plaintiff’s motion on the basis Plaintiff failed to follow the Information Regarding Procedures in Department 71, which requires that “[p]arties seeking to compel further responses to discovery, must schedule an Informal Discovery Conference (IDC) before the Court will hear their motions. The Court may deny a motion to compel further responses to discovery if parties fail to schedule and complete an IDC before the scheduled hearing on the motion.”  (Information Regarding Procedures, pg. 4.)

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s unopposed motion and request for sanctions is denied.

Moving Party to give notice.

Dated:  April _____, 2024