MAYA BLYTH VS. LEAL UGRIN ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion and Discovery Calendar for Tuesday, December 30, 2025, Line 2, PLAINTIFF MAYA BLYTH's Motion To Compel Defendant Leal Ugrin To Provide Further Responses To Requests For Production Of Documents And Tangible Things Sets One And Two, Production Of Documents And Request For Monetary Sanctions.

Plaintiff Maya Blyth's motion to compel further responses to RFPs, sets one and two, is granted in part and the court awards partial sanctions.

For RFPs 11, 12, and 27 where Ugrin has stated he is producing responsive documents, he must identify by bates number which requests the documents are responsive to. (Code Civ. Proc., Sec. 2031.280, subd. (a).) Ugrin's opposition states he was willing to amend. (Supp. Opp. Br., p. 7.) This code provision is supposed to be self-executing and should not require meet and confer efforts or amendment to achieve.

For RFP 16, Ugrin's response includes the artificial limitation that he is producing only text messages. Ugrin shall amend to make a complete statement of compliance of documents sent to Blythe by Ugrin and shall produce all responsive documents.

For RFP 25, 26, 29: Ugrin's response complies with Code of Civil Procedure, Sec. 2031.230, because it states his belief that responsive documents have never existed. No further response is ordered.

The request for an order that Ugrin amend his verifications is denied because the requests ask for documents from former agents and employees rather than merely documents in his present possession, custody or control. Ugrin shall amend within two weeks. The court awards sanctions of $500 payable by Ugrin to Blythe within 30 days of notice of entry of this order.

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