Judge: Teresa A. Beaudet, Case: 21STCV41498, Date: 2022-09-28 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV41498    Hearing Date: September 28, 2022    Dept: 50

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 50

Plaintiff Elm Terrace Holdings, LLC’s (“Plaintiff”) motion to compel form interrogatory responses, motion to compel request for admission responses, and motion to compel request for production responses will be continued to a new date as set forth below.  NO HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2022.

Code of Civil Procedure section 2016.080 provides, at subdivision (a): “If an informal resolution is not reached by the parties, as described in Section 2016.040, the court may conduct an informal discovery conference upon request by a party or on the court’s own motion for the purpose of discussing discovery matters in dispute between the parties.” Pursuant to that Section, and the Court’s power to “amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conform to law and justice” pursuant to CCP § 128(a)(8), the Court orders the parties in this case to participate in an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”). (Note: The Court’s policy regarding IDCs appears in the Courtroom Information available in Dept. 50 and on the Court’s website.)

Lead or other designated counsel for the parties with full authority and any self-represented parties are ordered to participate in person in an IDC pursuant to the Court’s power under Code of Civil Procedure section 128(a)(8) and Code of Civil Procedure section 2016.040. After consulting with opposing counsel, if any, or the self-represented defendant, regarding available dates, Plaintiff must make a prompt reservation for the IDC using the Court’s online reservation system. Plaintiff must file Dept. 50’s one-page IDC form in the department seven days prior to the IDC, and the responding parties may file the same form in the department setting forth a response three days prior to the IDC.

Once Plaintiff has confirmed an IDC date, Plaintiff must use the Court’s online reservation system to continue these motions to a post-IDC discovery hearing date. The parties are ordered to have with them whatever materials are needed to make the IDC session productive and successful.

Prior to the IDC date, lead or other designated counsel for the parties with full authority and any self-represented parties are to meet and confer, in person or via telephone in a further attempt to resolve as many of the issues as possible before the IDC. (See CRC Rule 3.670(f)(2).) If the parties resolve their discovery disputes before the IDC date, Plaintiff is ordered to take both the IDC and these motions off calendar as soon as possible.

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of this order.

DATED:  September 28, 2022                       ________________________________

Hon. Teresa A. Beaudet

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court