Case Number: BC680873 Hearing Date: December 19, 2018 Dept: 3

QUENCE STEEN,

Plaintiff(s),

vs.

LONG BEACH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, ET AL.,

Defendant(s).

CASE NO: BC680873

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTIONS TO COMPEL

Dept. 3

1:30 p.m.

December 19, 2018

Defendant propounded form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and RPDs on Plaintiff on 4/16/17. To date, despite an attempt to meet and confer, Plaintiff has not served responses. Notably, during the meet and confer process, Plaintiff provided Defense Counsel with a new address, and Defense Counsel re-served the subject discovery at the new address on 10/30/18. Defendant therefore seeks an order compelling Plaintiff to respond, without objections, to the outstanding discovery and to pay sanctions.

Defendant’s motions are granted. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses to form interrogatories, special interrogatories, and RPDs, without objections, within fifteen days. CCP §§2030.290(a),(b), 2031.300(a),(b).

Sanctions are mandatory. §§2030.290(c), 2031.300(c). Defendant seeks sanctions in the amount of $1840. Defense Counsel bills at the rate of $160/hour. The Court awards two hours to prepare the form discovery motion. The Court awards three hours of appearance time. The Court therefore awards a total of five hours of attorney time at the rate of $160/hour, for a total of $800 in attorneys’ fees.

Sanctions are sought and imposed against Plaintiff, in pro her; he is ordered to pay sanctions to Defendant, by and through counsel of record, in the total amount of $800, within twenty days.

Defendant is ordered to give notice.