Motion to Compel Defendant to Provide Further Responses to Plaintiff’s Special Interrogatories; Motion to Compel Defendant to Provide Further Responses to Plaintiff’s Requests for Production
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Hon. Stephanie L. Jamieson Courtroom 8
627 W. 21st Street, Merced
Monday, August 03, 2026 8:15 a.m.
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Case No. Title / Description
22CV-00355 Pedro Ortega vs Del Valle Farm Labor Services, Inc.
Motion to Compel Defendant to Provide Further Responses to Plaintiff's Special Interrogatories (Set One) & Request for Monetary Sanctions
Plaintiff’s motion to compel further responses to Special Interrogatories, Set One, Nos. 1, 3, 17, 42, 47, 55, and 58 is GRANTED.
Defendant’s objections are overruled except as to any objection based on privilege.
The court finds, after weighing the privacy concerns versus the relevance and importance of the requested information that the information is discoverable subject to redaction or anonymizing of personal identifiable information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
The court declines to limit the responses to Plaintiff’s worksite at Castle Farms. The allegations in the complaint allege company-wide policies and practices in violation of the labor code. This inherently extends beyond the Castle Farms worksite. Nor has Defendant shown the burden of providing the information is so substantial or excessive
relative to its probative value that the information should not be provided. As such, the information is discoverable as to Defendant as a whole.
Accordingly, the motion is granted and Defendant is to provide further responses to Nos. 1, 3, 17, 42, 47, 55, and 58.
Defendant is to provide further responses within thirty (30) days of this court’s order.
Monetary sanctions are granted in the amount of $1,000.
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Defendant is to pay the monetary sanctions within thirty (30) days of this court’s order.
Motion to Compel Defendant to Provide Further Responses to Plaintiff’s Requests for Production (Set One) And Requests for Monetary Sanctions
Plaintiff’s motion to compel further responses to Requests for Production, Set One, Nos. 1-5, 17, 20, 27, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, and 60 is GRANTED IN PART.
Defendant’s objections are overruled as to Nos. 1-5, 17, 20, 27, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 54, 55, 57, and 58 except as to any objection based on privilege. Defendant’s objections as to Requests 59 and 60 being overbroad are sustained.
The court finds, after weighing the privacy concerns versus the relevance and importance of the requested documents that the documents are discoverable subject to redaction or anonymizing of personally identifiable information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
The court declines to limit the responses to Plaintiff’s worksite at Castle Farms. The allegations in the complaint allege company-wide policies and practices in violation of the labor code. This inherently extends beyond the Castle Farms worksite. Nor has Defendant shown that the burden of producing the documents is so substantial or excessive relative to its probative value that the documents should not be produced. As such, the information is discoverable as to Defendant as a whole.
Accordingly, the motion is granted in part and Defendant is to provide further responses to Nos. 1-5, 17, 20, 27, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 54, 55, 57, and 58.
The motion is denied as to responses to Nos. 59 and 60 as those requests are overbroad.
The parties are encouraged to meet and confer regarding Defendant producing the documents based upon an agreed-upon representative sample. Absent an agreement between the parties, Defendant is to provide further responses as ordered.
Defendant is to provide further responses within thirty (30) days of this court’s order.
Monetary sanctions are granted in the amount of $1,500.
Defendant is to pay the monetary sanctions within thirty (30) days of this court’s order.