Judge: Kimberly Knill, Case: 30-2022-01283335-CU-PO-CJC, Date: 2023-07-21 Tentative Ruling
Defendant’s Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One; Special Interrogatories, Set One; And Request for Production, Set One Propounded to Plaintiff Robert Aguirre
The motions are CONTINUED to 9/1/2024 at 10:00 AM. All counsel are ordered to personally appear at the continued hearing. No Zoom appearances will be permitted.
The parties have not engaged in sufficient attempts to meet and confer regarding these motions. (See Clement v. Alegre (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 1277, 1293 [Discovery Act requires moving party to declare he or she has made a serious attempt to obtain an informal resolution of each issue; rule designed to encourage parties to work out their differences informally to avoid necessity for formal order, which lessens burden on court and reduces unnecessary expenditure of resources by litigants].)
The parties are ordered to engage in additional attempts to meet and confer, including a telephonic or in-person conference (not email), no later than 8/4/2023. If plaintiff agrees to provide further responses or produce additional materials, plaintiff shall provide verified further responses and produce such materials no later than 8/11/2023.
No later than 8/25/2023, moving party’s counsel shall file and serve a supplemental declaration, not to exceed five pages, which shall (1) describe the parties’ attempts to meet and confer pursuant to this order, (2) identify each discovery request that remains in dispute, and (3) list all documents, by category, that have been produced. Any further responses served by defendant shall be attached to counsel’s supplemental declaration.
Failure to comply with this order may result in sanctions against the non-compliant party or their counsel pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5.
The parties are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with Department C17’s General Policies and Procedures listed on the court’s website.
Clerk to give notice.