Case Number: BC650181 Hearing Date: June 07, 2018 Dept: 2

Defendant’s Motion to Compel Verified Discovery Responses Without Objection to Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories; Request for Sanctions, and Defendant’s Motion to Compel Depositions of Plaintiffs, Juan Espericueta and Lourdes Hernandez Espericueta; Request for Sanctions filed on 5/1/18, are GRANTED. Plaintiffs are ordered to provide verified responses without objection to all discovery within 15 days. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§2030.290(b), 2031.300(b).

Both Plaintiffs are ordered to appear for their depositions as duly noticed by Defendant without objection. Cal Code Civ Procedure §2025.450.

The court imposes total sanctions of $660.00 for both motions against Plaintiffs and their counsel of record for the failure to submit to authorized methods of discovery without substantial justification, which constitutes discovery abuse. Cal Code Civ Procedure §2023.010(a)(4).

Moving party is ordered to give notice.