Judge: Elaine W. Mandel, Case: SC128455, Date: 2023-12-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: SC128455    Hearing Date: December 8, 2023    Dept: P

Tentative Ruling

Javaherian v. Moradi et al., Case No. SC128455

Hearing Date December 8, 2023

Motion to Compel Responses to Post Judgment Demand for Production of Documents (UNOPPOSED)   

On February 23, 2023 the court entered judgment against defendants/judgment debtors for $2,180,728.88. On August 7, 2023 judgment creditor served post-judgment requests for production of documents, seeking bank statements, profit and loss statements, and other financial records. Motion, exhibits B and C. Creditor states debtor failed to adequately respond to the requests and moves to compel production of the documents.

A judgment creditor may serve inspection demands for documents in the possession, custody, or control of the debtor if the demand requests “information to aid in enforcement of the money judgment.” Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. §708.030. Inspection demands under this section may be enforced in the same manner as inspection demands in a civil action. Id at (c).

Creditor argues debtor’s responses were “woefully deficient.” Creditor does not specify how the responses are deficient, nor which documents debtor should have produced but did not. There is no separate statement accompanying the motion comparing each request to debtor’s production.

DENIED without prejudice.