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Motion To Compel Further Responses To Requests For Admission And Special Interrogatories
Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Line 4. 2 - PLAINTIFF AMY F.'s Motion In Support Of Motion To Compel Further Responses To Requests For Admission And Special Interrogatories.
Plaintiff Amy F.'s Motion To Compel Further Responses To Requests For Admission And Special Interrogatories is DENIED. Plaintiff's motion was neither timely filed nor timely served. (See Code of Civil Procedure sections 1005(a)(13) and 1005(b); see Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6(a)(3)(B) [service by email adds two court days to "any period of notice"].) The motion is denied on these grounds.
The motion is denied on the independent grounds that Plaintiff failed to meaningfully meet and confer. Plaintiff's motion is a stacked motion to compel further responses to SRogs and, separately, RFAs. For such motions, the moving party must include a meet and confer declaration. (Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.300(b)(1) and 2033.290(b)(1).) A meet and confer declaration must "state facts showing a reasonable and good faith attempt at an informal resolution of each issue presented by the motion." (Code of Civil Procedure section 2016.040.) The court finds Plaintiff failed to demonstrate a reasonable and good faith attempt at an informal resolution of each issue presented by the motion.
The court does not find that Plaintiff and counsel's actions in connection with this discovery were substantially justified. Plaintiff and counsel David M. Lilienstein, Katie J. Spielman and CL Law Group, jointly and severally, shall pay $250 as sanctions, payable to the Clerk of the Court, payment no later than by August 15, 2025, receipt filed no later than August 22, 2025.
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