Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Compel Answers to SIR's/Sanctions
TENTATIVE RULING: Plaintiffs’ motion to compel is ordered stayed pending resolution of defendants’ motion to transfer venue.

BACKGROUND:

This is an action for defamation arising out of a website published in the style of a web log, or “blog.” Plaintiffs Robert Eringer and Elizabeth Eringer are married and are the parents of two adult children, plaintiffs Claire Boyle and Olivia Eringer. Claire Boyle and plaintiff Marcus Boyle are married and are the parents of plaintiff Rylan Boyle, a minor. Olivia Eringer and plaintiff Darren Wass are the parents of plaintiff Oliver Wass, also a minor. Plaintiffs allege that the subject website is used to spread false and defamatory statements about them. Defendants Mega Group Private Investigations, Inc., Mega Group Online, Inc., Zeev Haskal, and Sarah Byrnes are private investigators who investigated plaintiffs and whose investigative materials appear on the website. T