Judge: Robert B. Broadbelt, Case: 18STCV00944, Date: 2023-05-04 Tentative Ruling
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Case Number: 18STCV00944 Hearing Date: May 4, 2023 Dept: 53
Superior Court of California
County of Los Angeles – Central District
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[Tentative]
Order RE: (1)
plaintiff’s
motion to compel further responses to form interrogatories, Set three (2)
plaintiffs’
motion to compel further responses to demand for production of documents, set
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MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff Sean Afshar
RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed
(1)
Motion
to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set Three
MOVING PARTIES:
Plaintiffs Rabin Shaoulian dba
Olam Group and Sean Afshar
RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed
(2)
Motion
to Compel Further Responses to Demand for Production of Documents, Set Three
The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with each
motion. No opposition papers were filed.
MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO
FORM INTERROGATORIES, SET THREE
Plaintiff Sean Afshar (“Afshar”)
moves the court for an order (1) compelling defendant Danny Siag (“Defendant”)
to provide further responses to Afshar’s Form Interrogatories, Set Three,
number 17.1, and (2) awarding sanctions in favor of Afshar and against
Defendant in the amount of $3,561.65.
The court grants Afshar’s motion
to compel Defendant’s further answers to Form Interrogatories, Set Three,
number 17.1 as to Requests for Admission numbers 1, 2, 7, 9, 12, 20, 23, and 25
because Defendant’s answers are evasive and incomplete. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.300, subd. (a)(1).)
The court grants Afshar’s request
for monetary sanctions against Defendant.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.300, subd. (d).) The court finds that $2,861.65 (4 hours x
$700 hourly rate + $61.65 in costs) is a reasonable amount of sanctions to
impose against Defendant in connection with this motion. (Lisitsa Decl., ¶¶ 20-22.)
MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO
DEMAND FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS, SET THREE
Plaintiffs Rabin Shaoulian dba Olam Group and Afshar (collectively,
“Plaintiffs”) move the court for an order (1) compelling Defendant to provide
further responses to Plaintiffs’ separate Demands for Production of Documents,
Set Three, numbers 1-19, and (2) awarding sanctions in favor of Plaintiffs and
against Defendant in the amount of $4,961.65.
The court grants Plaintiffs’ motion to compel Defendant’s further
responses to their Demands for Production of Documents, numbers 1 through 19
because Defendant’s statements of compliance with these requests are
incomplete. (Code Civ. Proc.,
§ 2031.310, subd. (a)(1).)
The court grants Plaintiffs’ request for monetary sanctions against
Defendant. (Code Civ. Proc.,
§ 2031.310, subd. (h).) The court
finds that $2,161.65 (3 hours x $700 hourly rate + $61.65 in costs) is a
reasonable amount of sanctions to impose against Defendant in connection with this
motion. (Lisitsa Decl., ¶¶ 21-22.)
ORDER
The court grants plaintiff Sean Afshar’s motion to compel further
responses to form interrogatories, set three.
Pursuant
to Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.300, the court orders defendant Danny
Siag to serve further, full and complete answers to plaintiff
Sean Afshar’s Form Interrogatories, Set Three, number 17.1, as to Requests for
Admission numbers 1, 2,
7, 9, 12, 20, 23, and 25, which comply with Code of Civil
Procedure sections 2030.210-203.220, and 2030.250, within 20 days of the date
of service of this order.¿¿
The
court grants plaintiff Sean Afshar’s request for monetary
sanctions against Danny Siag. The court
orders defendant Danny Siag to pay sanctions to plaintiff Sean Afshar in the
amount of $2,861.65 within 30 days of
the date of service of this order.
The court grants Rabin
Shaoulian dba Olam Group and Sean
Afshar’s motion to compel further responses to demands for production of
documents, set three.
Pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure section 2031.310, the court orders defendant Danny Siag (1) to serve
on plaintiff Rabin Shaoulian dba Olam Group further written responses, without
objections, to demand numbers 1-19 in plaintiff Rabin Shaoulian dba Olam Group’s Demand for
Production of Documents, Set Three, that
comply with Code of Civil Procedure sections 2031.210-2031.250, and (2) to
produce to plaintiff Rabin Shaoulian dba Olam Group all documents and things in
defendant Danny Siag’s possession, custody, or control which are responsive to
those requests, within 20 days of the date of service of this order. ¿
The court grants plaintiffs Rabin Shaoulian dba Olam Group and Sean Afshar’s request for monetary
sanctions. The court orders defendant
Danny Siag to pay sanctions to plaintiffs
Rabin Shaoulian dba Olam Group and Sean Afshar in the amount of $2,161.65 within 30 days of the date
of service of this order.
The court orders plaintiffs Rabin Shaoulian dba Olam Group and Sean Afshar to give notice of this ruling.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED:
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Robert
B. Broadbelt III
Judge
of the Superior Court