Judge: Randall J. Sherman, Case: 2021-01180704, Date: 2022-12-30 Tentative Ruling

Plaintiff Marisela Dayan Warner’s unopposed Motion to Compel Defendant Affluent HR’s Responses to Plaintiff’s Request for Production of Documents, Set One, and Special Interrogatories, Set One, and Request for Sanctions is granted.  Defendant Affluent HR is ordered to serve verified responses to plaintiff's Request for Production of Documents, Set One, #1-50, and plaintiff’s Special Interrogatories, Set One, #1-72, without objections, within 20 days.  Plaintiff’s request for monetary sanctions is granted against defendant Affluent HR in the amount of $1,514.99, payable within 30 days.

Defendant Affluent HR did not serve timely, or any, responses to plaintiff’s Request for Production of Documents, or to plaintiff’s Special Interrogatories, which plaintiff served on July 27, 2021.  Defendant has waived any objections.  Sanctions are mandatory, but plaintiff has failed to prove that defendant’s counsel is responsible for defendant’s failure to serve responses.  The court considers reasonable attorneys’ fees for this unopposed, routine motion to consist of 3.0 hours of attorney time at $450/hour, and also awards filing fees and costs incurred of $164.99.

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of the ruling.