KUN WANG VS. UBER TECHNOLOGY INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION ET AL

SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC24617601 - September 9, 2026 Hearing date: September 9, 2026 Case number: CGC24617601 Case title: KUN WANG VS. UBER TECHNOLOGY INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION ET AL Case Number: | | CGC24617601 | Case Title: | | KUN WANG VS. UBER TECHNOLOGY INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION ET AL | Court Date: | | 2026-09-09 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Notice Of Motion And Motion For Order Establishing Admissions Against Defendant Carlos Zambrano Blanco And For Monetary Sanctions Against Carlos Zambrano Blanco And His Attorney Of Record Jueun Park Esq.

In The Amount Of $1,260.00; Memorandum Of Points And Authorities In Support Thereof; Declaration Of Jerome Bellotti Esq; And Proposed Order | Rulings: | | Matter on calendar for Wednesday, September 09, 2026, Line 5, PLAINTIFF KUN WANG's Motion For Order Establishing Admissions Against Defendant Carlos Zambrano Blanco And For Monetary Sanctions Against Carlos Zambrano Blanco And His Attorney Of Record Jueun Park Esq. In The Amount Of $1,260.00.

3 - Plaintiff Kun Wang's motion to for a deemed-admitted order against Carlos Zambrano Blanco on all matters specified in Wang's requests for admission, and for sanctions, is granted. Wang served discovery, to which Blanco has not responded. Blanco opposes on the ground that counsel has been unable to locate him. This is not a sufficient ground for the court to deny the requested order; Code of Civil Procedure, section 2033.280, subdivision (c), states that the court "shall" grant a deemed-admitted order "unless it finds that the party to whom the requests for admission have been directed has served, before the hearing on the motion, a proposed response to the requests for admission that is in substantial compliance with Section 2033.220."

The court cannot make this finding, and therefore all matters specified in the requests for admission attached as Exhibit A to the Bellotti Declaration are deemed admitted by Blanco. Blanco's contentions that the RFAs call for legal conclusions or are otherwise improper are waived by his failure to timely respond. (Id., section 2033.280, subd. (a).)

Blanco shall pay reasonable sanctions of $1260 to Wang within 30 days of notice of entry of this order; sanctions are mandatory on this motion. (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 2033.280, subd. (c).) The sanctions order does not run against Blanco's counsel; such an order would be proper only if Blanco's counsel "advis[ed]" the discovery conduct. (Code Civ. Proc., 2023.030, subd. (a).) Wang offers no basis for the court to conclude that Blanco's counsel advised the conduct.

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