Tentative ruling issued by Judge Dylan Sullivan on Jan. 10, 2020 in El Dorado County, CA - Case no: xxxxx005

(1) Defendant Starbucks, Corp.’s Motion for Terminating Sanctions.
(2) OSC Re: Sanctions for Failure to Appear at Case Management Conference. Defendant Starbucks, Corp.’s Motion for Terminating Sanctions.
On September 13, 2019 the court granted defendant’s motion to compel discovery and ordered plaintiff to respond to the supplemental request for production and supplemental interrogatory without objections within ten days and to produce the documents requested in the supplemental request for production within ten days. Plaintiff was present in court and was advised of the ruling.
The proof of service of the notice of ruling filed on October 31, 2019 declares that on October 29, 2019 notice of the ruling was served on plaintiff by mail to plaintiff’s address of record.
Arguing that the plaintiff has not complied with the court’s discovery order, defendants move for an order imposing the terminating sanction of dismissal of plaintiff’s action with prejudice for pl….....