Judge: Robert B. Broadbelt, Case: 19STCV42155, Date: 2022-08-30 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV42155    Hearing Date: August 30, 2022    Dept: 53

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles – Central District

Department 53

 

 

isabel castellanos , et al.;

 

Plaintiffs,

 

 

vs.

 

 

devore scott trust , et al.,

 

Defendants.

Case No.:

19STCV42155 (lead)

 

 

Hearing Date:

August 30, 2022

 

 

Time:

10:00 a.m.

 

 

 

[Tentative] Order RE:

 

motion to compel responses to form interrogatories, set two

 

 

MOVING PARTY:                Defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc.

 

RESPONDING PARTY:        Unopposed

Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set Two

The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion.  No opposition was filed.   

DISCUSSION

Defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc. (“Canon”) served its Form Interrogatories, Set Two, on defendant Karlen Galstyan dba KG Road Service (“Galstyan”) on November 18, 2021.  (Jones Decl., Ex. A.)  After Galstyan failed to provide responses, Canon sent a meet and confer letter regarding the overdue responses, and granted Galstyan an extension to serve his responses by January 10, 2022.  (Jones Decl., ¶¶ 6-7.)  Although counsel stated that Galstyan’s responses would be served by January 25, 2022, Galstyan has not provided any responses.  (Jones Decl., ¶¶ 8-9.)

Canon now moves for an order compelling Galstyan to serve responses to Canon’s Form Interrogatories, Set Two.  Galstyan has not filed an opposition to the motion, and has not presented evidence to the court establishing that he served responses to Canon’s Form Interrogatories, Set Two.  The court therefore grants Canon’s motion to compel Galstyan’s responses to Canon’s Form Interrogatories, Set Two, served on November 18, 2021.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290, subd. (b).)

The court grants Canon’s request for monetary sanctions against Galstyan.  The court finds that monetary sanctions in the sum of $660 (3 hours x $200 hourly rate + $60 filing fee) is a reasonable amount of monetary sanctions to impose against Galstyan on this motion.

ORDER

The court grants defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc.’s motion to compel defendant Karlen Galstyan dba KG Road Service to serve responses to Canon’s Form Interrogatories, Set Two.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290, subd. (b).)

Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.290, the court orders defendant Karlen Galstyan dba KG Road Service to serve on defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc. full and complete verified answers, without objections, to defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc.’s Form Interrogatories, Set Two, that comply with Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.220 and 2030.250, subdivisions (a) and (b), within 20 days of the date of this order.   

            The court grants defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc.’s request for monetary sanctions against defendant Karlen Galstyan dba KG Road Service.  The court orders defendant Karlen Galstyan dba KG Road Service to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $660 to defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc. within 30 days from the date of this order.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290, subd. (c).)  

 

 

 

            The court orders defendant Canon Business Properties, Inc. to give notice of this order. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

DATED:  August 30, 2022

 

_____________________________

Robert B. Broadbelt III

Judge of the Superior Court