Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 23AHCV02038, Date: 2025-03-10 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23AHCV02038    Hearing Date: March 10, 2025    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

CHERYL AMAN,

                    Plaintiff(s),

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY,

 

                    Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 23AHCV02038

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF CHERYL AMAN’S RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE; REQUEST FOR SANCTIONS

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

March 10, 2025

 

Defendant Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Defendant”) moves for an order compelling plaintiff Cheryl Aman (“Plaintiff”) to serve responses to its Form Interrogatories, Set One, propounded on February 2, 2024. The motion is unopposed.

Where a party fails to serve timely responses to discovery requests, the court may make an order compelling responses. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290, subd. (b).) The court shall impose a monetary sanction on the nonresponding party unless it finds that the party acted with substantial justification or that other circumstances would make the imposition of sanctions unjust. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2030.290, subd. (c).)

Here, Plaintiff did not oppose this motion and it is undisputed that responses have not been served. Plaintiff’s failure to oppose the motion also means that she has failed to show why sanctions should not be imposed. Accordingly, the motion to compel is GRANTED. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses, without objections, to Defendant’s Form Interrogatories, Set One within 20 days of the date of this order. Plaintiff is also ordered to pay Defendant sanctions in the amount of $250, consisting of 1 hour at defense counsel’s reasonable hourly rate of $250.

 

Moving party to give notice.

 

Dated this 10th day of March 2025

 

 

 

 

William A. Crowfoot

Judge of the Superior Court

 

 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at ALHDEPT3@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org. Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter. Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue. If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.