BRIGID ACUNA VS. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL

Matter on calendar for Monday, August 24, 2026, Line 11, PLAINTIFF BRIGID ACUNA's Motion To Compel Further Answer To Requests For Admission, Set One (1); Request For Monetary Sanctions.

3 - Plaintiff Brigid Acuna motion to compel further answers to her set one requests for admission 3 and 7 and request for monetary sanctions is denied. Defendant The Regents of the University of California's request for monetary sanctions is also denied.

Before filing this motion Acuna's counsel should have met and conferred with the Regents' counsel about the asserted insufficiency of the Regents' amended responses served July 28, 2026, but given the parties' positions it is unlikely that any meet and confer would have been productive so the failure to meet and confer is, for this time only and reluctantly, excused. The Regents' supplemental responses to requests 3 and 7 are code-compliant, not incomplete or evasive. While unsuccessful, Acuna's positions as to the supplemental responses do not lack substantial justification.

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