Motion-Secondary: David Ridge vs. The California Highway Patrol

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                                ROB BONTA
      Attomey General of California
2     KRISTIN M . DAILY
      Supervising Deputy Attomey General
. 3   JAMES F. CURRAN
   Deputy Attorney General
4  State Bar No. 142041
     1300 I Street, Suite 125
5, P.O. Box 944255
    Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
6   Telephone: (916)210-6113
    Fax: (916) 324-5567
7   E-mail: James.Curran@doj.ca.gov
   Allorneys for Defendant
8 California Highway Patrol
9                         SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
10                                     COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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      DAVID RIDGE,                                        Case No. 34-2019-00265393
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                                             Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER DENYING
15                                                      PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL
                                                        FURTHER RESPONSES TO SPECIAL
16                                                      INTERROGATORIES, SET THREE
17    THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL;                  Date:        May 10,2022
      and DOES 1-100, inclusive,                      Time:        1:30 p.m.
18                                                    Dept:        53
                                          Defendants. Judge:       Hon. Richard K. Sueyoshi
19                                                    Trial Date: March 6, 2023
                                                      Action Filed: September 23, 2019
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21         Plaintiff David Ridge's Motion to Compel Further Responses to Special Interrogatories, Set
22    Three and Request for Monetary Sanctions came on for hearing during the Court's 1:30 p.m. law
23    and motion calendar on May 10, 2022. John Briscoe, of Mayall, Hurley, P.C, appeared and
24    argued on behalf of Plaintiff Ridge. Deputy Attorney General James Curran appeared and argued
25    on behalf of Defendant California Highway Patrol (CHP).
26         Having reviewed all pleadings and papers filed in support of the motion by Plaintiff Ridge,
      and filed in opposition to the motion by CHP, and having heard the arguments of counsel:




                      [Proposed] Order Denying Plaintiffs Motion to Compel Further Responses (34-2019-00265393)
 1           IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiff Ridge's motion is denied.

 2           IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT Plaintiffs request for monetary sanctions is denied,

 3     and that CHP shall be awarded monetary sanctions against Attorney John Briscoe and against

 4     Mayall, Hurley, P.C, jointly and severally, in the amount of One Thousand, Five Hundred Forth

 5     Dollars and No Cents ($1,540.00), pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 2023.010,

 6     subdivisions (a), (b), (c) and (h), and section 2025.480, subdivision Q).

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 8     Dated: May 27, 2022

 9                                                             THE HON. RICHARD K. SUEYOSHI
                                                               JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
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                        [Proposed] Order Denying Plaintiffs Motion to Compel Further Responses (34-2019-00265393)
                            DECLARATION OF SERVICE BY E-MAIL

Case Name: David Ridge v. CHP
No.:       34-2019-00265393

I declare:

1 am employed in the Office of the Attorney General, which is the office of a member of the
California State Bar, at which member's direction this service is made. I am 18 years of age or
older ahd not a party to this matter. I am familiar with the business practice at the Office of the
Attomey General for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the United
States Postal Service. In accordance with that practice, correspondence placed in the internal
mail collection system at the Office of the Attorney General is deposited with the United States
Postal Service with postage thereon fully prepaid that same day in the ordinary course of
business.

On April 27, 2022,1 served the attached [PROPOSED] ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES,
SET THREE by transmitting a true copy via electronic mail addressed as follows:

John P. Briscoe
Mayall Hurley P.C.
E-mail Address:
ibriscoe@mayallaw.com
lrilev@,mayallaw.com

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and the United States
of America the foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on April ^7;'
2022, at Sacramento, California.

                Christopher R. Irby
                     Declarant
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