West Coast Drywall Construction Inc. v. BLH Construction Co., et al.

TENTATIVE RULINGS West Coast Drywall Construction Inc. vs. BLH Construction Co., et al.

Plaintiff’s Motion to Deem Admissions in Request for Admissions

Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Defendant’s Responses to Discovery

Hearing Date: May 29, 2026

NOTE RE TENTATIVE RULINGS

Each of these tentative rulings becomes the Court’s order, and no hearing shall be held unless one of the parties contests it by following Rule 3.1308 of the California Rules of Court and Monterey County Local Rule 7.9. Those parties wishing to present an oral argument must notify all other parties and the Court no later than 4:00 p.m. on the court day before the hearing; otherwise, NO ORAL ARGUMENT WILL BE PERMITTED, AND EACH TENTATIVE RULING WILL BECOME THE ORDER OF THE COURT AND THE RELATED HEARING VACATED. You must notify the Court by email or by calling the Calendar Department at 831-647-5800, extension 3040, before 4:00 p.m. on the court day before the hearing.

Plaintiff’s Motion to Deem Admissions in Request for Admissions

West Coast Drywall Construction Inc. (“Plaintiff”) filed a motion asking the Court to treat the facts in their first set of Request for Admissions (“RFA”) to BLH Construction Co. (“Defendant”) as admitted and to impose monetary sanctions. The evidence supporting the motion and sanctions request is in the Declaration of William M. Woolman. However, Mr. Woolman’s declaration accompanying the deemed-admitted motion duplicates his declaration supporting Plaintiff’s other motion to compel Defendant’s responses to interrogatories and document requests. Therefore, the Court cannot verify the facts in the memorandum supporting the deemed-admitted motion, including when the RFA was electronically served, whether Defendant, despite the extension, has yet to respond to the RFA, and the reasonableness of Plaintiff’s request for monetary sanctions.

Accordingly, the hearing is CONTINUED to June 12, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. in Department 14 to allow Plaintiff to file and serve by June 5th the correct declaration in support of the deemed-admitted motion.

2