Plaintiffs Motions to Compel Further Responses from Defendant Imelda Marie Vincennes to Interrogatories, Inspection Demands and Requests for Admission; Plaintiffs Motions to Compel Further Responses from Defendant Priscilla Vincennes to Interrogatories, Inspection Demands and Requests for Admission
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2024CUMC027499: VENTURA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. vs PRISCILLA VINCENNES, et al. 08/10/2026 in Department 43 Motion to Compel FURTHER ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES REGARDING PRISCILLA VINCENNES
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Motions:
1. Plaintiffs Motions to Compel Further Responses from Defendant Imelda Marie Vincennes to Interrogatories, Inspection Demands and Requests for Admission
2. Plaintiffs Motions to Compel Further Responses from Defendant Priscilla Vincennes to Interrogatories, Inspection Demands and Requests for Admission
Tentative Rulings:
Re: Imelda Marie Vincennes
The Court notes that pursuant to the Courts request, the parties met and conferred in good faith and submitted a joint report regarding the result of their efforts. The report reflects that Defendant
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2024CUMC027499: VENTURA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. vs PRISCILLA VINCENNES, et al.
Imelda Marie Vincennes agreed to supplement her responses to Request for Admission 1, 2, and 5; Form Interrogatory 2.12, 14.1; Special Interrogatory 16; Request for Production 1-4, 6-8, 11- 18, and to provide a code-compliant privilege log for withheld documents. The court orders those responses and the privilege log to be served on or before September 11, 2026.
1A. Motion to Compel Further Responses of Imelda Marie Vincennes to Interrogatories:
1B. Motion to Compel Motion to Compel Further Responses of Imelda Marie Vincennes to Requests for Admission:
1C. Motion to Compel Further Responses of Imelda Marie Vincennes to Request for Production of Documents.
These motions are granted in part and Defendant Imelda Marie Vincennes is ordered to provide further verified responses to the following:
1A. Form Interrogatories 2.6, 15.1 (regarding general denial, the Court is unaware of any authority that would excuse a response to the interrogatory), 17.1 (as to Request for Admission 1(b), 2(b), 3(c), 4(c), 8(b-d), 9 (b-d), 10 (b-d), 13(b-d), 14(b-d), 15(b-d)).
Special Interrogatories 1; 3-13 and 15.
1B. The Court could not locate a status report or current information regarding the Requests for Admission at issue, so the motion is denied.
1C. RFP #9 subject to the narrowed scope: Mound Elementary, Emily Stratton, the events leading to the July 21-22 fire, the fire, the investigation, juvenile proceedings, and this litigation, excluding unrelated personal communications; RFP #10 Subject to the narrowed scope: the fire, the investigation, juvenile proceedings, damages, and this litigation, excluding attorney communications and unrelated personal communications.; and 19-25.
(Code Civ. Proc., §§2030.300; 2031.310.)
The court orders these further responses to be served on or before September 11, 2026.
The motion re: Form Interrogatory 17.1 is denied as to RFA 5, 11, 12.
Monetary sanctions are awarded to moving party in the amount of $3,000 payable jointly by Plaintiff Imelda Marie Vincennes and counsel on or before September 30, 2026. (Code Civ. Proc., §§2030.300; 2031.310, 2033.290.)
Re: Priscilla Vincennes
The Court notes that pursuant to the Courts request, the parties met and conferred in good faith and submitted a joint report regarding the result of their efforts. The report reflects that Defendant Priscilla Vincennes agreed to supplement her responses to Request for Admission 30, 31, 33, 35
2024CUMC027499: VENTURA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al. vs PRISCILLA VINCENNES, et al.
and 36; Form Interrogatory 2.12, 14.1; 17.1 (as to RFA 4, 5, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 30, 31, and 35- 42); Request for Production 1-4; 11-12; 15-18. The court orders those responses to be served on or before September 11, 2026.
2A. Motion to Compel Further Responses of Priscilla Vincennes to Interrogatories:
2B. Motion to Compel Motion to Compel Further Responses of Priscilla Vincennes to Requests for Admission:
2C. Motion to Compel Further Responses of Priscilla Vincennes to Request for Production of Documents.
Plaintiff withdrew the motion as to Special Interrogatories 1-18.
The motions are granted in part and Defendant Priscilla Vincennes is ordered to provide further verified responses to the following:
2A. Form Interrogatories: 2.6, 2.7, 15.1.
2B. Requests for Admission: 5, 14, 37, 40-42.
2C. Requests for Production: 19-25.
(Code Civ. Proc., §§2030.300; 2031.310, 2033.290.)
The court orders those further responses to be served on or before September 11, 2026.
The motion is DENIED as to Form Interrogatory 17.1. The underlying RFAs were not provided. The court was unable to evaluate the sufficiency of the responses in subsection (b) of 17.1.
Monetary sanctions are awarded to moving party in the amount of $3,000 payable jointly by Plaintiff Priscilla Vincennes and counsel. (§§2030.300; 2031.310, 2033.290.)
Moving party is ordered to serve notice of the Courts ruling.
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