Estate of Singh CA2/6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

Estate of SUKHJINDER 2d Civil No. B319677 SINGH, Deceased. (Super. Ct. No. 19PR-0348) (San Luis Obispo County)

MARISOL CUEVA,

Petitioner,

v.

NIKI HAMIDI,

Objector, Claimant and Appellant;

IKE M. IQBAL, as Trustee, etc.,

Objector and Respondent.

Appellant Niki Hamidi appeals from an order granting Respondent Ike M. Iqbal’s request for discovery sanctions against

her pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure1 section 2033.280, subdivision (c). We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Sukhjinder Singh died in 2016. Marisol Cueva filed a petition to administer the estate. Hamidi, who is Singh’s ex-wife, objected to the petition and filed a creditor’s claim against the estate on behalf of herself and her daughter. Hamidi also filed a petition to administer the estate. Iqbal is trustee of Singh’s trust. Iqbal filed a competing petition to administer the estate. Hamidi objected to the petition. In June 2021, Iqbal served Hamidi requests for admission. A month later, Hamidi filed two “objections” with the trial court, objecting to the requests as “[overbroad] and unduly burdensome, irrelevant, repetitive, and frivolous questions that [Iqbal] already knows the answers to.” She did not answer any of the requests for admission. In August 2021, Iqbal filed a formal request for a discovery conference, after receiving no response from Hamidi for an informal conference. After the trial court set a date, Hamidi filed a declaration in which she asked the court to dismiss the discovery conference because it “would be a waste of time to have a premature conference hearing.” Hamidi did not appear at the discovery conference. In February 2022, Iqbal moved for an order that the requests for admission be deemed admitted. Iqbal also requested monetary sanctions.