Judge: Teresa A. Beaudet, Case: 23STCV30639, Date: 2025-02-25 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 23STCV30639 Hearing Date: February 25, 2025 Dept: 50
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ANDREW COLEMAN, Plaintiff, vs. BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC, et al., Defendants. |
Case No.: |
23STCV30639 |
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Hearing Date: |
February 25, 2025 |
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Hearing Time: |
10:00
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ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’S REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF
DOCUMENTS, SET ONE AND REQUEST FOR MONETARY SANCTIONS |
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Plaintiff Andrew Coleman
(“Plaintiff”) moves for an order “to strike Defendant’s meritless objections
and compel further responses to Plaintiff’s Requests for Production of
Documents to Defendant, Set One Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, 15, 16, 23, 24, 49, 50, 59,
60, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 78, 79, 88, 90, 99, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118,
132, 133 (collectively, the ‘Requests’) and production of all responsive
documents corresponding to those Requests; and direct Defendant to pay monetary
sanctions…”
Plaintiff’s motion will
be continued to a new date as set forth below. NO HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE
ON FEBRUARY 25, 2025.
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, subd. (a)(8)), the Court orders
the parties in this case to participate in a meet and confer with the Court
(“Informal Discovery Conference” or “IDC”). 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.¿
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Once Plaintiff has
confirmed an IDC date, Plaintiff must use the Court’s online reservation system
to continue the motion 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,
subd. (f)(2).) If the parties resolve their discovery disputes before the IDC
date, Plaintiff is ordered to take both the IDC and the motion off calendar as
soon as possible.¿¿
Plaintiff is ordered to
provide notice of this Order.¿¿
DATED: ¿February 25, 2025
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Hon.
Teresa A. Beaudet
Judge, Los
Angeles Superior Court