Case Number: BC696763 Hearing Date: February 21, 2020 Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES – CENTRAL DISTRICT

SHARON LYLE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, ET AL.,

Defendants.

CASE NO: BC696763

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL DEPOSITION; IMPOSING SANCTIONS

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

February 21, 2020

Defendant, Long Beach Community College District, conducted the first volume of Plaintiff’s, Sharon Lyle, deposition on November 6, 2019. The deposition was subsequently suspended, and the parties agreed to continue the second volume of Plaintiff’s deposition on a future date. (Motion, Ex. A.) On December 5, 9, 11, and 26, 2019, Defendant attempted to schedule the second volume of Plaintiff’s deposition. (Motion, Ex. B.) To date, Plaintiff’s counsel has not responded. This motion therefore follows.

The motion to compel is granted. CCP §2025.450(a). Defendant’s Counsel and Plaintiff’s Counsel are ordered to work together to schedule a time, date, and location for Plaintiff’s, Sharon Lyle, deposition(s). The deposition(s) must go forward within twenty days. If Counsel are unable to resolve this issue, Defendant’s Counsel may set the deposition on Defendant’s Counsel’s terms with ten days’ notice to Plaintiff’s Counsel (additional notice per Code if notice is by other than personal service).

Defendant seeks sanctions against Plaintiff and her attorneys of record in the amount of $520.00. Sanctions are mandatory. §2025.450(g). The Court finds this amount to be reasonable and therefore awards $520.00 in attorneys’ fees.

Sanctions are sought and imposed against Plaintiff and her attorney of record, jointly and severally; they are ordered to pay sanctions to Defendant, by and through its attorney of record, in the amount of $520.00, within twenty days.