Motion: By Defendant City National Bank for Order Imposing Monetary
Sanctions and Issue, Evidence, and/or Terminating Sanctions
against Plaintiff and her Attorney of Record.
Tentative Ruling:
To deny the motion for issue, evidentiary, and terminating sanctions. Because imposition of monetary sanctions would be unjust in these circumstances, the Court declines to award such sanctions.
The parties are directed to meet and confer in the next thirty (30) days in order attempt a resolution of the issues regarding Plaintiff’s health and her availability to pursue this case. The Court also sets a status conference for Thursday, August 30, 2018 in Department 501 at 3:30 p.m.
Explanation:
Defendant seeks issue, evidentiary, terminating, and or monetary sanctions pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure §§2023.010, 2023.030, and 2030.290 for Plaintiff’s failure to obey an order by this Court issued on April 16, 2018.
Section 2023.010 describes activities that constitute “misuse of the discovery proce