Department 30, Spring Street Courthouse

January 11, 2022

20STCV43095

Motion to Compel Defendant Taylor James Levin’s Further Responses to Plaintiff’s Form Interrogatories (Set One) and Request for Sanctions

For the reasons set forth by Plaintiff, the motion is granted.

Defendant Taylor James Levin is ordered to serve further verified responses without objections within 20 days after the date of this order.

Plaintiff requests sanctions against Defendant and Defendant’s Counsel of Record pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 2023.010, 2023.030, and 2030.300(d). 

Section 2030.300(d) authorizes sanctions in the event that an unsuccessful opposition to the motion to compel is made.  Here, no opposition was filed. Discovery sanctions may not be imposed under Section 2023.030, even together with Section 2023.010, absent another provision of the Discovery Act that authorizes the imposition of sanctions. (City of Los Angeles v. Pricewaterhouse Coopers (Court of Appeal, Second District (2022) 2022 WL 12010415.) For these reasons, the request for sanctions is denied.        

Moving party to provide notice and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order.