18-CIV-02308 GREGORY W. YOUNG VS. CITY VENTURES HOMEBUILDING, LLC, ET AL.

GREGORY W. YOUNG CITY VENTURES HOMEBUILDING, LLC,
MICHELLE LEU ZACCONE RICHARD HOWELL

PLAINTIFF GREGORY YOUNG’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER TENTATIVE RULING:

Plaintiff GREGORY YOUNG’s Motion for Protective Order is GRANTED pursuant to Code Civ. Proc. §§ 2030.090(b) and 2031.060(b). Plaintiff shall not be required to respond to Defendant CITY VENTURES HOMEBUILDING, LLC’s Special Interrogatories (Set One), Interrogatory Nos. 1-271, or Requests for Production of Documents (Set One), Request Nos. 1-104.

Defendant’s counsel shall engage in good faith, substantive meet-and-confer with Plaintiff’s counsel to narrow its scope of discovery no later than March 1, 2019. Thereafter, if desired, Defendant may re-serve a new set of discovery not exceeding 35 Special Interrogatories and 35 Requests for Production.

Plaintiff’s request for monetary sanctions is GRANTED in the amount of $7,515.00. Defendant is ordered to pay this amount no later than March 1, 2019.

If the tentative ruling is uncontested, it shall become the order of the Court. Thereafter, counsel for Plaintiff shall prepare a written order consistent with the Court’s ruling for the Court’s signature, pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1312, and provide written notice of the ruling to all parties who have appeared in the action, as required by law and the California Rules of Court.