Tentative Rulings

Case Number: BC701660    Hearing Date: January 13, 2020    Dept: 5

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 5

Defendant 1114 Group, LLC (“Defendant”) moves to compel responses from Plaintiff Christopher Doyle Jacobs (“Plaintiff”) to: (1) Request for Production of Documents, Set One (“RPD”); and (2) Form Interrogatories, Set One (“FROG”). Defendant served the discovery requests by mail on May 29, 2019. Plaintiff’s responses were thus due no later than July 3, 2019. As of the filing date of these motions, Defendant has not received responses from Plaintiff. Accordingly, the motions to compel responses to the RPD and FROG are granted per Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.290 and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to serve responses to Defendant’s RPD and FROG, without objections, within 30 days of service of this order.

Defendant seeks sanctions in connection with the motions. The Court concludes that Plaintiff’s failure to respond to the discovery is an abuse of the discovery process. The Court awards sanctions against Plaintiff and his attorney of record, Brian Hurwitz, in the amount of $780, which represents four hours of attorney time at a rate of $165 per hour, plus two filing fees of $60 each.

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Defendant’s motions to compel responses to the RPD and FROG are granted per Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.290 and 2031.300. Plaintiff is ordered to serve verified responses, without objections, within 30 days of notice of this order.

Plaintiff and his attorney of record, Brian Hurwitz, jointly and severally, are ordered to pay monetary sanctions in the amount of $780 to Defendant, by and through counsel, within 30 days of notice of this order.

Defendant is ordered to provide notice of this order and file proof of service of such.

DATED: January 13, 2020 ___________________________

Stephen I. Goorvitch

Judge of the Superior Court