STEPHEN WILLIAMS VS. VINCENT VANDELL

Matter on the Law & Motion / Discovery calendar for Friday, August 29, 2025, Line 5. PLAINTIFF STEPHEN WILLIAMS' Motion To Compel Responses To Special And Form Interrogatories, Set One, To Compel Responses To Request For Production Of Documents Set One And For Compliance With The Courts Prior Order And For Monetary Sanctions.

The unopposed motion to compel responses to discovery is granted and the court sets the matter on an order to show cause for September 25, 2025. The judgment debtor has not served responses and has not abided by the court's prior order to make objection-free responses. The judgment debtor is ordered to make objection-free responses within 10 days of entry of this order and to pay $60 to the judgment creditor within 30 days of entry of this order.

The judgment creditor asks for a much larger sanction in view of the judgment debtor's failure to abide by a prior order. The court issues an order to show cause to Vincent Vandell and his counsel why they should not be sanctioned $1000, payable to the court, for failure to comply with the court's May 5, 2025 discovery order. The OSC shall be set for hearing on September 25, 2025 at 9 am in Department 301. A response to the OSC may be filed no later than five court days before the hearing date. The judgment creditor is ordered to serve a copy of this order on the judgment debtor and to file his proof of service with the court.

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