Judge: Thomas D. Long, Case: 21STCV28892, Date: 2022-11-15 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV28892    Hearing Date: November 15, 2022    Dept: 48

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

On August 5, 2021, Plaintiffs Angelica Reyes and Eladio Reyes filed this action against Defendant Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC.

On November 22, 2021, Plaintiffs propounded a First Set of Requests for Production on Defendant.  (Powell Decl. ¶ 4.)  Defendant provided responses on February 9, 2022.  (Powell Decl. ¶ 4.)  On April 14, 2022, the parties participated in an Informal Discovery Conference, where they agreed that Defendant would produce documents by June 14, 2022.  Defendant requested numerous extensions of time from Plaintiffs to produce the documents, but as of September 9, 2022, they had not done so.  (Powell Decl. ¶ 7.)

On September 9, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a motion to compel compliance with the Court’s April 14, 2022 discovery ruling.

There is no court order to enforce.  The minute order from April 14, 2022 states, “The Informal Discovery Conference is held telephonically in chambers.  The parties agree that Defendant will produce documents by 06/14/2022.”  While the Court does sometimes make orders at IDCs, this is not one of those cases.  If Defendant still has not complied with this agreement, the proper procedure would be to file a motion to compel further responses in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure section 2031.310, subdivision (a) and California Rules of Court, rule 3.1345.

Accordingly, the motion to compel compliance is DENIED.

Moving party to give notice.

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SMCDEPT48@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit.  Parties intending to appear are encouraged to appear remotely and should be prepared to comply with Dept. 48’s new requirement that those attending court in person wear a surgical or N95 or KN95 mask.

         Dated this 15th day of November 2022