Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 50

LUCIA BELTRE, Plaintiff, vs. 1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER, et al., Defendants.	Case No.:	22STCV29992
	Hearing Date:	August 17, 2023
	Hearing Time:	10:00 a.m.
	ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF LUCIA BELTRE’S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES—GENERAL; REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS; PLAINTIFF LUCIA BELTRE’S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES--EMPLOYMENT; REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS; PLAINTIFF LUCIA BELTRE’S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES; REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS PLAINTIFF LUCIA BELTRE’S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION; REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS

Plaintiff Lucia Beltre (“Plaintiff”) moves for an order compelling Defendant 1736 Family Crisis Center (“Defendant”) to provide verified responses to Plaintiff’s Form Interrogatories -General, Set One, Plaintiff’s Form Interrogatories - Employment, Set One, Plaintiff’s Special Interrogatories, Set One, and Plaintiff’s Requests for Production, Set One. Plaintiff also seeks

monetary sanctions in connection with each of the motions.

Plaintiff’s motions will be continued to a new date as set forth below. NO HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 17, 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 are ordered to participate in person in an IDC. After consulting with opposing counsel 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 the 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, 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 the motions off calendar as soon as possible.
THE COURT ALSO NOTES THAT NO COURTESY COPIES OF THE MOTION PAPERS WERE DELIVERED TO DEPT. 50. PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL OURT ORDER, COURTESY COPIES MUST BE DELIVERED TO DEPT. 50 FOR ANY FILINGS WITH A MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES.

Plaintiff is ordered to provide notice of this Order.

DATED: August 17, 2023

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Hon. Teresa A. Beaudet

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court