This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Victoria S. Kolakowski The motion of defendant and cross-complainant Romulo Sambrano to compel further responses to written discovery, and for monetary sanctions, is continued to 1:30 PM on 5/27/2021 in Department 512, Civil Law and Motion, Hayward Hall of Justice, 24405 Amador Street, Hayward.

This is a collections action in which CCS alleges that Sambrano failed to pay the balance of a credit account issued to him by its assignor, Synchrony Ban FA GE Capital Retail Bank, in the charge-off amount of $2,075.99. The complaint asserts common counts on account stated and open book account.

Defendant Sambrano filed a cross-complaint alleging that the allegations in CCS's complaint and attached exhibit violate provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), 15 USC 1692 et seq., and the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("Rosenthal Act"), Civil Code section 1788 et seq., that prohibit misrepresentations and mislead