HONG ZHENG ET AL VS. ST. FRANCIS HOMES ASSOCIATION, A NON-PROFIT MUTUAL ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion / Discovery calendar for Wednesday, September 24, 2025, Line 12. PLAINTIFF HONG ZHENG, AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND AS TRUSTEE TO MACRO ROJO TRUST, AND HONG XIAO's Motion To Deem Admitted And For Sanctions.

The motion is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiffs Hong Zheng and Hong Xiao acknowledge that they received substantially compliant responses before the date of the hearing and they no longer seek a deemed admitted order. Sanctions are nonetheless warranted. (See Code Civ. Proc., section 2033.280, subd. (c) ["It is mandatory that the court impose a monetary sanction under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) on the party or attorney, or both, whose failure to serve a timely response to requests for admission necessitated this motion."].) The court orders St. Francis Homes Association to pay $3,905 to plaintiffs within 30 days of entry of this order.

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