Judge: Robert B. Broadbelt, Case: 20STCV42993, Date: 2023-05-19 Tentative Ruling

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Case Number: 20STCV42993    Hearing Date: May 19, 2023    Dept: 53

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles – Central District

Department 53

MOVING PARTIES:             Defendant Simone S. Shah, individually and as trustee of the Simone Shah Trust

RESPONDING PARTIES:    Plaintiffs Jen Bosworth and Miles Horton

Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories

The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with this motion.  No reply papers were filed.

DISCUSSION

Defendant Simone S. Shah, individually and as trustee of the Simone Shah Trust (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order (1) compelling plaintiffs Jen Bosworth and Miles Horton (“Plaintiffs”) to respond to Defendant’s Special Interrogatories, numbers 8, 9, 11, 35-62, 65, 87, 89, 90, 92-94, and 98, and (2) awarding sanctions in favor of Defendant and against Plaintiff in the amount of $2,160.

The court entered judgment in favor of Defendant and against Plaintiffs on April 15, 2022.  Defendant’s motion requests that the court compel the responses of pre-judgment discovery and, thus, is moot in light of the judgment entered in favor of Defendant in this action.  The court therefore finds that it has no jurisdiction to grant the relief requested by Defendant’s motion.

The court orders that the Motion to Compel Further Responses to First Set of Special Interrogatories and Request for Sanctions, filed by defendant Simone S. Shah, individually and as trustee of the Simone Shah Trust on September 21, 2021, is taken off calendar as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:  May 19, 2023

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Robert B. Broadbelt III

Judge of the Superior Court