Judge: John J. Kralik, Case: 24NNCV00747, Date: 2024-11-01 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 24NNCV00747 Hearing Date: November 1, 2024 Dept: NCB
North
Central District
|
parvin khan, Plaintiff, v. home goods,
inc.,
Defendant. |
Case
No.: 24NNCV00747 Hearing Date: November 1, 2024 [TENTATIVE]
order RE: motions to compel discovery responses; requests for sanctions |
On August 9,
2024, Defendant HomeGoods, Inc. (“Defendant”) filed 3 motions to compel initial
responses from Plaintiff Parvin Khan (“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 April 18,
2024, Defendant served on Plaintiff the discovery requests. Plaintiff requested and Defendant granted several
extensions such that responses were due by August 2, 2024. As of the filing of the motions, Defendant states
that it has not received responses from Plaintiff.
Defendant’s 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 Defendant’s
discovery requests, without
objections, within 20 days of notice of this order.
Defendant
requests sanctions against Plaintiff in the amount of $920 for the FROG motion,
$705 for the SROG motion, and $705 for the RPD motion. The requests are granted in the total,
reasonable amount of $600 in attorney’s fees, plus $180 in filing fees for
these relatively simple, identical motions to compel initial responses. Plaintiff is
ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $780 to Defendant, by and
through counsel, within 20 days of notice of this order.
Defendant shall provide
notice of this order.
DATED: November 1, 2024 ___________________________
John
J. Kralik
Judge
of the Superior Court