VICTOR WANG VS. ANGELA GREENER ET AL

Matter on the LAW AND MOTION / DISCOVERY Calendar for Monday August 17, 2026, line 9, PLAINTIFFS TAYLOR VO, JULIUS YOUNG-WANG, JAEMI VO-SHIN'S Motion For Protective Order (tentative ruling part 1 of 2)

Plaintiffs' motion for a protective order and for sanctions is granted in part. This motion concerns discovery served by Angela Greener, Karen Greener, and the Estate of John Greener (collectively the Greeners). Each of the Greeners served a complete set of discovery (RFPs, RFAs, form interrogatories, special interrogatories) on each of the four individual plaintiffs, resulting in total of 48 sets of discovery. Two of the plaintiffs are minor children. The individual discovery sets are lengthy. Plaintiffs responded to the discovery and the parties have engaged in meet and confer efforts. Plaintiffs now seek a protective order.

Defendants are incorrect in arguing that a request for protective order must be made before the party responds to discovery. There is no such statutory requirement; rather, a party must move "promptly" for a protective order, but only after meeting and conferring. (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 2030.290, subd. (a); id., sec. 2031.060, subd. (a); sec. 2033.080, subd. (a).)

Defendants' arguments in support of their discovery are largely conclusory. They fail to sustain their burden of justifying special interrogatories and requests for admission beyond 35 as required by Code of Civil Procedure, sections 2030.040, subdivision (b), and 2033.040, subdivision (b). They do not meaningfully engage with Plaintiffs' reasonable proposals for limiting discovery.

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