Judge: Teresa A. Beaudet, Case: 22STCV06811, Date: 2023-01-31 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 22STCV06811 Hearing Date: January 31, 2023 Dept: 50
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VINCENT BOWMAN, Plaintiff, vs. BALDWIN HILLS MULTI FAMILY LLC, et al., Defendants. |
Case No.: |
22STCV06811
[consolidated with 22STCV08301] |
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Hearing Date: |
January 31, 2023 |
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Hearing Time: |
10:00 a.m. |
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ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS
TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE, AND
REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFF; DEFENDANTS’
MOTIONS TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF
DOCUMENTS, SET ONE, AND REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFF; DEFENDANTS’
MOTIONS TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE, AND
REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFF; DEFENDANTS’
MOTIONS TO HAVE THE TRUTH OF ALL MATTERS SPECIFIED IN REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS,
SET ONE, TO PLAINTIFF DEEMED ADMITTED, AND REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS
AGAINST PLAINTIFF |
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Defendants
Baldwin Hills Multi Family, LLC and Moss and Company (jointly, “Defendants”)
move for orders compelling Plaintiff Vincent Bowman (“Plaintiff”) to serve
verified responses, without objections, to Defendants’ Special Interrogatories,
Sets One, Requests for Production of Documents, Sets One, and Form Interrogatories,
Sets One. Defendants also move for an order to have the truth of all the
matters specified in Defendants’ Requests for Admissions, Sets One, to
Plaintiff deemed admitted.
Defendants’
motions will be continued to a new date as set
forth below. NO HEARINGS WILL TAKE
PLACE ON JANUARY 31, 2023.
Pursuant to the Court’s
power to “amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conform
to law and justice” (Code Civ. Proc., § 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. After consulting with
opposing counsel and any self-represented parties regarding available dates, Defendants
must make a prompt reservation for the IDC using the Court’s online reservation
system. Defendants 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
Defendants have confirmed an IDC date, Defendants must use the Court’s online
reservation system to continue the motions under the consolidated lead case
only 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, Defendants are ordered to take both the IDC and the motions off calendar
as soon as possible.
Defendants
are ordered to provide notice of this Order.
DATED:
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Hon.
Teresa A. Beaudet
Judge,
Los Angeles Superior Court