THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA vs ALI, KAMAL

The Court therefore concludes that the supplemental responses have substantially addressed the deficiencies identified in the motion and that no further responses are presently required. Request for Sanctions The Court finds that Petitioner acted with substantial justification in bringing the motion. Significant responsive materials, including the formal accounting, additional bank statements, and the promissory note, were not produced until after the motion was filed. The motion was therefore not without merit when filed.

Nevertheless, because Respondent served verified supplemental responses and produced additional responsive documents before the hearing, and because the Court finds the supplemental responses have substantially resolved the issues raised by the motion, the Court declines to award monetary sanctions. Each side shall bear its own fees and costs associated with the motion. The following are the tentative rulings for cases calendared before Judge Clifford Tong in Department 23: CV-23-002113 - THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA vs ALI, KAMAL - a) Petitioner's Motion to Compel Response to Form Interrogatories, Set No.

One - GRANTED, and unopposed. b) Petitioner's Motion to Compel Response to Request for Inspection of Documents and Tangible Things - GRANTED, and unopposed. c) Petitioner's Motion to Compel Response to Request for Admissions - GRANTED, and unopposed. a) The Court finds that Real Party in Interest has entirely failed to respond to the subject discovery and all objections have been waived. (Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 2030.290(a).) Therefore, Petitioner is entitled to an order compelling Mr. Ali to provide answers, without objection, to the subject discovery within 30 days. (Code Civ.

Proc. Sec. 2030.290(b).) Petitioner shall submit a revised form of proposed order consistent with the Court's ruling herein. b) The Court finds that Real Party in Interest has entirely failed to respond to the subject discovery and all objections have been waived (Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 2031.300(a).) Therefore, Petitioner is entitled to an order compelling Mr. Ali to provide answers, without objection, to the subject discovery and to produce the requested documents within 30 days. (Code Civ. Proc.

Sec. 2031.300(b).) Petitioner shall submit a revised form of proposed order consistent with the Court's ruling herein. c) The Court finds that Real Party in Interest has entirely failed to respond to the subject discovery and all objections have been waived. (Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 2033.280(a).) Accordingly, the Court has no discretion but to grant Petitioner's request. (Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 2033.280(c); St. Mary's v. Superior Court (Schellenberg) (2014) 223 Cal.App.4 th 762, 777-778.). Therefore, the matters contained in Request for Admissions, Set One, are deemed admitted.