Case Number: BC610848 Hearing Date: January 16, 2018 Dept: 97

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juan carlos escobar,

Plaintiff,

v.

william rowe, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: BC610848

Hearing Date: January 16, 2018

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

defendant’S motions to compel discovery responses; requests for sanctions

Defendant William Rowe (“Defendant”) filed 2 motions to compel responses from Plaintiff Juan Carlos Escobar (“Plaintiff”) for: (1) Form Interrogatories (“FROG”), set one; and (2) Request for Production of Documents (“RPD”), set one.

On September 5, 2017, Defendant served on Plaintiff the discovery requests. As of the filing of the motions, Defendant states that he has not received responses from Plaintiff.

Defendant’s unopposed motions to compel responses to the FROG and RPD are granted pursuant to CCP §§2030.290 and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to provide verified responses to Defendant’s discovery requests, without objections, within twenty (20) days of notice of this order.

Defendant requests sanctions against Plaintiff and his attorney for a misuse of the discovery process pursuant to CCP §§2023.030(a) and 2023.010(d). The requests are granted. Plaintiff and his counsel of record, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $470 to Defendant, by and through counsel, within twenty (20) days of notice of this order.

Defendant is ordered to provide notice of this order.