County of Sonoma v. Chand

TENTATIVE RULINGS LAW & MOTION CALENDAR Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Courtroom 16 – Hon. Curtis Karnow for Hon. Patrick M. Broderick 3035 Cleveland Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Rosa

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1. 23CV00783, County of Sonoma v. Chand

Plaintiff County of Sonoma (County) moves to compel Alveen Chand (Chand) to provide full responses to the County’s Special Interrogatories, Set One; and Request for Production of Documents, Set One. The County requests sanctions of $1,776.50. There is no opposition to the motion.

Chand provided no responses to the discovery at issue. No request for an extension was received and none granted. The County’s meet and confer efforts were fruitless.

The motion is granted. Not later than May 29, 2026, Chand must (1) provide full responses, without objections, to the discovery at issue here, and (2) pay sanction in the sum of $1,292.00, based on counsel’s billing rate and the court’s estimated reasonable expenditure of 4 hours. In re Marriage of Moore (2024) 102 Cal.App.5th 1275, 1298 (sanctions may include fees and expenses such as “filing fees, copying costs, and attorney fees incurred in researching the issues, drafting the moving papers, reviewing any opposition papers, drafting any reply papers, and attending the hearing on the motion...[as well as] efforts to meet and confer....”)

The court is concerned about Chand’s apparent history of non-compliance with discovery and other obligations. The court alerts Chand that further, more serious sanctions may be imposed for failures to obey court orders or legal obligations, or in particular for further discovery abuse. E.g., Weil &