[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE MOTION FOR TERMINATING SANCTIONS

On March 2, 2020, the Court granted Plaintiff Andy Obinna’s motions to compel discovery against Defendants Jerry Ikogho and Doris Onuohah, ordered Defendants to serve verified responses without objections within 20 days, and ordered Defendants to pay monetary sanction within 39 days.

On May 29, 2020, Plaintiffs Andy Obinna and Zsuzsanna Obinnane filed a motion for terminating sanctions against Defendants. Plaintiffs state that Defendants did not provide the responses or pay the sanctions.

Where a party fails to obey an order compelling answers to discovery, “the court may make those orders that are just, including the imposition of an issue sanction, an evidence sanction, or a terminating sanction.” (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2030.290, subd. (c), 2023.010, subd. (c); R.S. Creative, Inc. v. Creative Cotton, Ltd. (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 486, 495.) The Court may impose a terminating sanction against anyone engaging in conduct that is a misu