Case Number: 18STCV08915 Hearing Date: August 28, 2019 Dept: 5

Superior Court of California
County of Los Angeles
Department 5

dongya hong,

Plaintiff,

v.

dewayne earl green-session,

Defendant.

Case No.: 18STCV08915

Hearing Date: August 28, 2019

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

motion to compel discovery responses

Plaintiff Dongya Hong (“Plaintiff”) moves to compel responses from Defendant Dewayne Earl Green-Session (“Defendant”) to Request for Production of Documents, Set One (“RPD”). The motion is granted.

Plaintiff served the RPD on Defendant by mail on May 2, 2019. Plaintiff granted extensions of time to respond to June 28, 2019. As of the filing date of the motions, Plaintiff has not received responses from Defendant. Plaintiff did not oppose the motion, and there is nothing in the record to suggest that Plaintiff has complied with his discovery obligations. Accordingly, the motion to compel responses to the RPD is granted per Code of Civil Procedure section 2031.300. Defendant is ordered to serve responses to Plaintiff’s RPD, without objections, within thirty (30) days of service of this order.

Plaintiff seeks sanctions in connection with the motions. The Court concludes that Defendant’s failure to respond to the discovery is an abuse of the discovery process. The Court awards sanctions against Defendant and his counsel of record in the amount of $860, which represents four hours of attorney at $200 per hour, plus the filing fee of $60.

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Plaintiff’s motion to compel responses to the RPD is granted per Code of Civil Procedure section 2031.300. Defendant is ordered to serve verified responses, without objections, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

Defendant and his counsel of record, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $860 to Plaintiff, by and through counsel, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

Plaintiff is ordered to provide notice of this order and file proof of service of such.

DATED: August 28, 2019 ___________________________

Stephen I. Goorvitch

Judge of the Superior Court