NEVILLE WRIGHT VS. TURK STREET INVESTORS LLC ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Line 8. 3 - Plaintiff Neville Wright's Motion To Vacate Or, In The Alternative, Stay Or Modify Monetary Sanctions is DENIED.

Plaintiff moves under Code of Civil Procedure section 473(b), which provides: "The court may, upon any terms as may be just, relieve a party or his or her legal representative from a judgment, dismissal, order, or other proceeding taken against him or her through his or her mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect." Plaintiff makes no showing that the sanctions orders are the result of his or her mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect. In fact, the sanctions order are mandatory consequences of Plaintiff's discovery abuses.

Where a party commits discovery abuses and others must incur expenses addressing those abuses, sanctions are appropriate, and monetary sanctions are the least severe. It is not an option for the court to allow discovery abuses to go unremedied. Plaintiff has not suggested any alternative sanctions. The court appreciates Plaintiff's financial situation. It does not follow, however, that Plaintiff must or should be excused from discovery sanctions. Plaintiff can avoid sanctions by ceasing his misuse of discovery.

The four motions decided today, however, do not indicate Plaintiff is on the right course.

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