Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 50

JOSE URBANO LUNA VALIAN, et al. Plaintiffs, vs. FCA US LLC, et al. Defendants.	Case No.:	23STCV14277
	Hearing Date:	August 16, 2024
	Hearing Time:	10:00 a.m.
	ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO SET ONE OF PLAINTIFF’S DISCOVERY

Plaintiffs Jose Urbano Luna Valian and Josefina Luna (jointly, “Plaintiffs”) move for

an order compelling Defendant FCA US LLC to respond to “Plaintiff’s” Form Interrogatories, Set One; Special Interrogatories, Set One; Requests for Admissions, Set One; and Requests for Production of Documents, Set One.

Plaintiffs’ motion will be continued to a new date as set forth below. NO HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 16, 2024.

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, Plaintiffs must make a prompt reservation for the IDC using the Court’s online reservation system. Plaintiffs 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 Plaintiffs have confirmed an IDC date, Plaintiffs 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, Plaintiffs are ordered to take both the IDC and the motion off calendar as soon as possible.¿

Plaintiffs are ordered to provide notice of this Order.¿

DATED: August 16, 2024

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Hon. Teresa A. Beaudet

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court