LELAND EVANS ET AL VS. DOMENIC J. CANNIZZARO ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion/Discovery Calendar for Tuesday July 15, 2025, line 3, PLAINTIFFs LELAND EVANS, JUAN REYES' Motion To Compel Defendant Don Angelo Inc.'S Further Responses To Plaintiff'S Special Interrogatories, Set Two, Numbers 25, 31, 32 And 49; Request For Sanctions Against Defendant And Its Attorney Of Record, Gregory De La Pena, In The Amount Of $1,5181.42 Denied as moot without prejudice.

Plaintiff Leland Evans moves to compel defendant Don Angelo Inc.'s further reponses to his special interrogatory numbers 25, 31, 32, and 49 and for sanctions. Don Angelo responds that it will amend before the hearing date. No reply brief was filed. Service of amended responses does not moot a discovery motion or a sanctions request. (Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc. v. Pacific Healthcare Consultants (2007) 148 Cal.App.4th 390.)

Here, however, Evans has not replied to say whether or not he is satisfied with Don Angelo's amended response. The court's indicated is to take the motion off calendar, without prejudice to any further relief Evans may seek concerning the amended responses. The parties may meet and confer concerning the amended responses, and if Evans is unsatisfied he may renew the motion including the request for sanctions.

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