Department 30, Spring Street Courthouse

January 13, 2022

20STCV43095

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

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

For the reasons set forth by Plaintiff, the motions are granted.

Defendant Taylor James Levin is ordered to serve further verified responses without objections, except for objections with based upon privilege, within 20 days after the date of this order. To the extent a privilege is claimed, a privilege log must be provided. Moreover, to the extent that a portion of an answer is not privileged, the nonprivileged information must be provided. 

Plaintiff requests sanctions against Defendant and Defendant’s Counsel of Record pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 2023.010, 2023.030, 2030.300(d), and 2031.310(h). 

Section 2030.300(d) and 2032.310(h) authorize sanctions in the event that an unsuccessful opposition to the motion to compel is made.  Here, no oppositions were 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 requests for sanctions are 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.