GLENDA VALEGA VS. TEFERI TECLE ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Line 2.

3 - Defendant Addis Admasu's unopposed Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Responses to Interrogatories is GRANTED. The discovery requests at issue appear reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. (See Code of Civil Procedure section 2017.010.)

Plaintiff Glenda Valega has not established that it has provided any responses to the interrogatories. Plaintiff's failure to timely respond is not excused. No meet and confer requirement exists for motions to compel responses to interrogatories when no responses have been provided. (Code of Civil Procedure section 2030.290.)

Defendant shall serve verified, objection-free, substantive responses to Defendant's Form Interrogatories, Set One and Special Interrogatories, Set One no later than 15 court days after notice of this order.

The court does not find Plaintiff Glenda Valega and her counsel acted with substantial justification in connection with this discovery. Plaintiff Glenda Valega and her counsel, jointly and severally, shall pay to Defendant Addis Admasu $580 as sanctions, payment no later than 15 court days after notice of this order. (See Code of Civil Procedure sections 2023.010, 2023.030, 2030.290(c).)

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