MIGUEL VALERA GONZALEZ VS. MICHAEL VANHERWAARDEN ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion / Discovery calendar for Thursday, September 25, 2025, Line 14. DEFENDANTS MICHAEL VANHERWAARDEN, AND STEPHANIE VANHERWAARDEN's Motion To Compel Responses To Form Interrogatories.

The unopposed motion by defendants Michael and Stephanie Vanherwaarden to compel plaintiff Miguel Valera Gonzalez's responses to form interrogatories, set one, is granted. Plaintiff is ordered to provide responses to the form interrogatories attached as Exhibit A to the Hancock Declaration within 30 days of notice of entry of this order. Defendants do not seek sanctions, and the court does not award them, finding mitigating circumstances in the withdrawal of Plaintiff's counsel.

The court notes that the motion was originally on for hearing on September 12, 2025, and the court continued it for receipt of proof of service of the motion on Plaintiff. The court has now received a declaration affirming that Plaintiff was notified of the motion and of the continuance. No opposition was received. Defendants are ordered to serve a copy of the form interrogatories attached as Exhibit A to the Hancock Declaration on Plaintiff with service of the notice of entry of this order.

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