WEI VS. SMART & FINAL, LLC

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1. WEI VS. SMART & FINAL, LLC 2024-01450331 1. MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO FORM INTERROGATORIES 2. MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES 3. MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION 4. MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS

Defendant Smart & Final, LLC’s Motions to Compel Answers to Requests for Production of Documents, Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, and to Deem Admitted Requests for Admission (ROAs 39, 43, 47, and 51) are GRANTED.

Per the declaration of defense counsel, Defendant served the subject discovery on 8/21/25, but as of 12/4/25 Defendant had not received any response from Plaintiff.

Plaintiff shall serve verified responses, without objections, to Defendant’s Requests for Production of Documents, Form Interrogatories, and Special Interrogatories (Set One) within 20 days of service of notice of this order. (Code Civ. Proc. §§ 2031.300, 2030.290.)

Plaintiff is deemed to have waived objections and admitted Defendant’s Requests for Admission (Set One). (Code Civ. Proc. § 2033.280.)

Defendant’s request for sanctions is granted in the amount of $470 per motion, reflecting two hours of counsel’s time plus the $60 filing fee, for a total of $1,880.00 for the four motions, payable within 30 days of service of notice of this order.

2. TC BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, INC. VS. BOWLERO CORPORATION 2023-01313029 MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO FORM INTERROGATORIES

Defendant AMF Bowlero Centers, Inc.’s Motion to Compel Responses to Form Interrogatories, set one, is DENIED as moot. Plaintiff served responses to Defendant’s Form Interrogatories, set one, on December 8, 2025. (Reed Decl., ¶ 9.) Thus, the Motion is moot. Defendant’s request for sanctions is DENIED. Plaintiff acted with substantial justification in submitting responses in a timely manner after counsel had a personal emergency.