Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV30293, Date: 2023-05-04 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV30293    Hearing Date: May 4, 2023    Dept: 31

TENTATIVE

Plaintiff Michael Sandoval’s motion to deem request for admissions, set one, admitted is moot. 

Defendant KJ Beck's, Inc. served verified responses to the request for admissions on April 18, 2023.  Therefore, the motion is moot in light of the responses served on Defendant prior to the hearing.  (St. Mary v. Superior Court (2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 762, 776.)

Because responses were not served until after the motion was filed, Defendant and its attorney of record, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay sanctions to Plaintiff, by and through counsel of record, in the amount of $461.65, within twenty (20) days. The Court awards sanctions pursuant to Code of Civ. Proc. §§ 2023.030 (a) and 2033.280(c). 

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• Parties are encouraged to meet and confer after reading this tentative ruling to see if they can reach an agreement.
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Dated this 4^th day of May 2023