Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 23STCV29249, Date: 2025-05-29 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 23STCV29249 Hearing Date: May 29, 2025 Dept: 27
SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT
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CHEYENNE HALE, Plaintiff, vs. JOSE NESTA, et al., Defendants. |
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[TENTATIVE RULING] MOTIONS
TO COMPEL AND AWARD SANCTIONS ARE GRANTED Dept. 27 1:30 p.m. May 29, 2025 |
On July 30, 2024, Defendant Jose Velador Nesta served Plaintiff with
Form Interrogatories, Set One; Special Interrogatories, Set One; and Demand for
Production, Set One. The responses were due on or before September 3, 2024. On
September 11, 2024, Defendant’s counsel and Plaintiff’s counsel met and
conferred, during which Defendant agreed to extend the deadline to respond to
September 25, 2024. No responses were provided. Defendant now moves to compel
discovery responses.
Plaintiff did not file an opposition or any other document indicating
that responses had been served prior to the hearing. Accordingly, the motions
are granted. Plaintiff is ordered to serve complete and verified responses to
Defendant’s Form Interrogatories, Set One; Special Interrogatories, Set One;
and Demand for Production, Set One, without objection, within 20 days of today.
Plaintiff did not act with substantial justification. Accordingly, total
sanctions for all the motions to compel in the amount of $1,500 are imposed
against Plaintiff and his attorney of record, jointly and severally, payable to
Defendant 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.
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Hon. Lee S. Arian Judge of the Superior Court |