Judge: John J. Kralik, Case: 23BBCV01916, Date: 2024-11-01 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 23BBCV01916 Hearing Date: November 1, 2024 Dept: NCB
North
Central District
|
albert valle, Plaintiff, v. eduard
barakyozyan,
et al., Defendants. |
Case
No.: 23BBCV01916 Hearing Date: November 1, 2024 [TENTATIVE]
order RE: motions to compel discovery responses; requests for sanctions |
On October 8,
2024, Defendants Eduard Barakyozyan and Adrine Isayan (“Defendants”) filed 3
motions to compel initial responses from Plaintiff Albert Valle (“Plaintiff”) for:
(1) Form Interrogatories (“FROG”), set one; (2) Special Interrogatories
(“SROG”), set one; and (3) Request for Production of Documents (“RPD”), set
one.
On June 14, 2024,
Defendants served on Plaintiff the discovery requests. Defendants state that their counsel contacted
Plaintiffs’ counsel to informally resolve the discovery matter. However, as of the filing of the motions, Defendants
state that they have not received responses from Plaintiff.
Defendants’ unopposed motions
to compel responses to the FROG, SROG, and RPD are granted pursuant to CCP §§ 2030.290
and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to
provide verified responses to Defendants’ discovery requests, without objections,
within 20 days of notice of this order.
Defendants
request sanctions against Plaintiff and his attorney in the amount of $901.65
per motion (= 2.5 hours spent on the moving papers + 2 anticipated hours on the
reply and the hearings, at $240/hour, plus $61.75 in filing fees). The requests are granted in the amount of $720
in attorney’s fees and $185.25 in filing fees.
Plaintiff
and his counsel of record, jointly and severally, are
ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $905.25 total to Defendants
by and through counsel, within 20 days of notice of this order.
Defendants shall provide
notice of this order.
DATED: November 1, 2024 ___________________________
John
J. Kralik
Judge
of the Superior Court