Motion to Compel Discovery Responses and Request for Sanctions
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 24PR002924: MOHAMMAD ZAMIRI LIVING TRUST 06/03/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other Motion to Compel in Department 126
Tentative Ruling TENTATIVE RULING NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION OF FARAH ZAMIRI TO COMPEL DISCOVERY RESPONSES AND REQUEST FOR SANCTIONS
Filed: 4/16/2026
Re: Mohammad Zamiri Living Trust, dated July 19, 2022
Moving Party: Farah Zamiri, Co-Trustee Attorney: Stephanie Steevie, Downey Brand, (916) 444-1000
Responding Party: Yasamin Zamiri Attorney: Daniel A. Near, (916) 987-0808
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 24PR002924: MOHAMMAD ZAMIRI LIVING TRUST 06/03/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other Motion to Compel in Department 126
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TENTATIVE RULING On the Courts own motion, Movant and Co-Trustee Farah Zamiris (Co-Trustee) motion to compel responses to discovery by nonparty Yasamin Zamiri (Ms. Zamiri) is continued as follows.
This is a trust dispute between Co-Trustee and Respondent Azar Ghafouri Zamiris (Respondent), who is the surviving spouse of decedent Mohammad Zamiri. Co-Trustee is also acting as agent for Mansooreh Zamiri, pursuant to a Durable Power of Attorney. Co-Trustee served written discovery on Ms. Zamiri on January 16, 2026. (Memorandum of Points and Authorities [MPA], 2:8-13.) Responses to written discovery are due within 30 days of service. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2033.250(a).) Because the written discovery was served by mail, Co-Trustee indicates the responses were due no later than February 20, 2026. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1031(a).)
Co-Trustee indicates Ms. Zamiri has not responded to the discovery requests. (Declaration of Stephanie Steevie [Steevie Decl.], ¶ 8.) This is at odds with counsel Dan Nears representations that responses were provided via mail on February 20, 2026. (Declaration of Dan Near [Near Decl.],¶ 3-5, Exhibits A-C.)
Counsel are reminded that this Court does not have the resources to resolve every discovery issue that could have and should have been resolved informally. (See Young v. Rosenthal (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 96, 117 [The very purpose of an order to meet and confer is to obtain a negotiated resolution of a discovery dispute without having to expend judicial time to sort out which party is correct and what relief should be granted. What the court seeks is an agreement by the parties which resolves the dispute].)
Having reviewed the moving and opposing papers, and the disputed discovery requests, it is apparent to the Court that counsel must resume the meet-and-confer process in good faith before drawing upon the Courts limited resources. Counsel for the parties are thus ordered to resume the meet-and-confer process in order to resolve or substantially narrow their discovery dispute.
On the Courts own motion, the motion to compel discovery responses is continued to July 1,
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 24PR002924: MOHAMMAD ZAMIRI LIVING TRUST 06/03/2026 Hearing on Motion - Other Motion to Compel in Department 126
2026 in Department 126 at 3:00 p.m. The parties may file supplemental meet and confer declarations no later than June 17, 2026.
The Court notes the request to continue trial filed on May 4, 2026 was granted on May 12, 2026. The parties were admonished for concerns about professionalism and are again reminded of their duty of professionalism when conducting further meet and confer efforts.
This minute order is effective immediately. No formal order or other notice is required. (Code Civ. Proc. §1019.5; CRC, Rule 3.1312.)