Case Number: BC679680 Hearing Date: October 01, 2018 Dept: 5

Superior Court of California
County of Los Angeles
Department 5

Erika Correa,

Plaintiff,

v.

Jacqueline Gay Torres, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No.: BC679680

Hearing Date: October 1, 2018

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

defendant’S motions to Compel Responses to Discovery

Defendant Jacqueline Gay Torres (“Defendant”) has filed three motions to compel responses from Plaintiff Erika Correa (“Plaintiff”) to: (1) Request for Production of Documents (“RPD”), set one; (2) Form Interrogatories (“FROG”), set one; and (3) Special Interrogatories (“SROG”), set one.

On May 10, 2018, Defendant served the discovery on Plaintiff. Defense counsel granted Plaintiff an extension until July 10, 2018. As of the filing of the motions on August 2, 2018, Defendant has not received responses from Plaintiff. Plaintiff has not filed any opposition to Defendant’s motions.

Defendant’s motions to compel responses to the RPD, FROG, and SROG are granted pursuant to CCP §§2030.290 and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses to Defendant’s special interrogatories, form interrogatories, and requests for production of documents, without objections, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

Defendant requests sanctions against Plaintiff. The Court finds Plaintiff’s failure to respond a misuse of the discovery process. Sanctions have been sufficiently noticed against Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s counsel, Michael V. Jehdian. The Court grants sanctions for 4 hours to prepare the motions and appear at the hearing, at $150.00 per hour, plus three $60 filing fees, for a total of $780.00. Plaintiff Erika Correa and Plaintiff’s counsel Michael V. Jehdian, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $780.00 to Defendant, by and through counsel, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Defendant’s motions to compel responses to the RPD, FROG, and SROG are granted pursuant to CCP §§2030.290 and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses to Defendant’s special interrogatories, form interrogatories, and requests for production of documents, without objections, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

Plaintiff Erika Correa and Plaintiff’s counsel Michael V. Jehdian, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $780.00 to Defendant, by and through counsel, within thirty (30) days of notice of this order.

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

DATED: October 1, 2018 ___________________________

Elaine Lu

Judge of the Superior Court