PAXIO, LLC VS. ANDREAS GLOCKER ET AL

Matter on calendar for Thursday, August 13, 2026, Line 7, DEFENDANT ANDREAS GLOCKER's Motion To Compel Plaintiff's Further Response To Request For Production Of Documents, Set One And Production Of Documents, And Request For Sanctions. (Complete tentative ruling emailed to the parties)

1 - Defendant Andreas Glocker's motion to compel further responses to his set one requests for production of documents and request for monetary sanctions is denied. Judge Quinn's tentative ruling on Glocker's motion to compel further responses to form interrogatories is largely applicable to this motion and, with a few changes, is largely repeated here.

"A meet and confer declaration in support of a motion shall state facts showing a reasonable and good faith attempt, either in person, by telephone, or by videoconference, to informally resolve each issue presented by the motion." (Code of Civil Procedure section 2016.040.) Defendant here failed to demonstrate he made a reasonable and good faith attempt to informally resolve the issues presented by the motion.

Plaintiff made plain its principal objection was the absence of a protective order and Plaintiff made reasonable and good faith efforts to negotiate a protective order with Defendant. Plaintiff agreed to submit further responses to the document requests within a reasonable time and agreed to extend the deadline for a motion to compel. Plaintiff provided further responses to the document requests on July 7. Although Defendant initially agreed to meet and confer about the further responses, Defendant refused to participate in a meet and confer session unless the session was recorded and thereafter filed this motion.

The instant motion was avoidable in full or, at least, large part. And the court finds it would have been avoided (at the very least, significantly narrowed) had Defendant made a reasonable and good faith attempt to informally resolve the issues prior to filing his motion. His failure to engage meaningfully in meet and confer is not excused.

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