Judge: John J. Kralik, Case: 24NNCV00231, Date: 2024-11-01 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 24NNCV00231 Hearing Date: November 1, 2024 Dept: NCB
North
Central District
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brenda gordon, Plaintiff, v. i guard
services, inc.,
et al., Defendants. |
Case
No.: 24NNCV00231 Hearing Date: November 1, 2024 [TENTATIVE]
order RE: motions to compel discovery responses; requests for sanctions |
There are 4
discovery motions on calendar.
On October 3,
2024, Plaintiff Brenda Gordon (“Plaintiff”) filed 2 motions to compel initial responses
from Defendant I Guard Services, Inc. (“I Guard”) for: (1) Form Interrogatories
– General, set one (“FROG-General”) and Form Interrogatories – Employment, set
one (“FROG-Employment”); and (2) Request for Production of Documents (“RPD”),
set one. Plaintiff also filed 2 motions
to compel initial responses from Defendant United Protective Services, Inc.
(“UPS”) for: (1) FROG-General and FROG-Employment; and (2) RPD.
On July 22, 2024,
Plaintiff served on Defendants the discovery requests. Plaintiff states that her counsel contacted
defense counsel for the responses, but did not hear back and no extensions were
requested. As of the filing of the
motions, Plaintiff states that she has not received responses from I Guard and
UPS.
Plaintiff’s unopposed motions
to compel I Guard’s and UPS’s responses to the FROG-General, FROG-Employment, and
RPD are granted pursuant to CCP §§ 2030.290 and 2031.300. Defendants I Guard and UPS are each ordered
to provide verified responses to Plaintiff’s
discovery requests, without
objections, within 20 days of notice of this order.
Plaintiff requests
sanctions against I Guard and its attorney in the amount of $2,250 for each of
the 2 motions filed against it (= 2 hours for the motion + 3 anticipated hours
for a reply brief and to attend the hearing at $450/hour, per motion). Plaintiff also requests sanctions against UPS
and its attorney of record in the amount of $2,250 for each of the 2 motions
filed against it. The requests are
granted in the reasonable amount of $200 per motion.
Defendant I Guard and its counsel of record, jointly and severally, are ordered to
pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $400 to Plaintiff, by
and through counsel, within 20 days of notice of this order. Defendant UPS and its counsel of record, jointly and severally, are ordered to
pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $400 to Plaintiff, by
and through counsel, within 20 days of notice of this order.
Plaintiff shall provide
notice of this order.
DATED: November 1, 2024 ___________________________
John
J. Kralik
Judge
of the Superior Court