Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 22STCV22393, Date: 2025-05-09 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV22393    Hearing Date: May 9, 2025    Dept: 27

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

On November 1, 2024, Defendant Hasmik Amirian-Bennett served Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, and Requests for Production, Set One, on Plaintiff. Plaintiff has yet to provide any discovery responses. Defendant now moves to compel initial responses.

Plaintiff did not file an opposition or submit any other filing indicating to the Court that responses were served before the hearing. Accordingly, the Court grants the motions. Plaintiff is ordered to serve complete and verified responses to Defendant’s Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, and Requests for Production, Set One, without objection, within 20 days of today.

Further, the Court finds that Plaintiff did not act with substantial justification and orders sanctions in the amount of $1500 against Plaintiff and his attorney of record, jointly and severally, payable within 20 days of today.

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SSCDEPT27@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court’s website at www.lacourt.org.  Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter.  Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue.  If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.