SABRINA DESIREE FOX INOCENCIO VS. GSW ARENA LLC ET AL

SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC25628035 - December 9, 2025 Hearing date: December 9, 2025 Case number: CGC25628035 Case title: SABRINA DESIREE FOX INOCENCIO VS. GSW ARENA LLC ET AL Case Number: | | CGC25628035 | Case Title: | | SABRINA DESIREE FOX INOCENCIO VS. GSW ARENA LLC ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-12-09 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Amended Notice Of Motion And Motion To Compel Plaintiff'S Responses To Special Interrogatories (Set One) | Rulings: | | On the Law and Motion/Discovery calendar for December 9, 2025, line 5. DEFENDANTS GSW ARENA LLC, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, LLC'S Amended Motion To Compel Plaintiff's Responses To Special Interrogatories (Set One).

The motion to compel plaintiff's responses to special interrogatories is granted and plaintiff is ordered pay $500 to defendant within 30 days of this order. Defendant provides evidence that it served the discovery on plaintiff and she has not timely responded, nor did she respond after meet and confer attempts to obtain the late discovery responses. (Gonzalez Decl., paras. 4-11.) She has waived objections and is ordered to provide full and complete responses within 30 days.

Defendant also seeks sanctions of $2,655 in total, the cost of preparing all three discovery motions set today. Plaintiff did not formally oppose the motion but provides a declaration, filed after the opposition deadline, stating that the handling attorney left employment at the Bauman Law APLC office the week discovery was due. The opposing declaration states that discovery responses were made on November 21, 2025.

"The court shall impose a monetary sanction . . . against any party, person, or attorney who unsuccessfully makes or opposes a motion to compel a response to interrogatories, unless it finds that the one subject to the sanction acted with substantial justification or that other circumstances make the imposition of the sanction unjust." (Code Civ. Proc., section 2030.290, subd. (c).) The court concludes that, even assuming the handling attorney's departure excused the late responses, there is no substantial justification for failing to provide responses after defendant met and conferred. This occurred after the handling attorney's departure. The court grants reduced sanctions of $500.

For the 9:00 a.m. calendar, all attorneys and parties may appear in Department 301 remotely or in person. Remote hearings will be conducted by videoconference using Zoom. (Dept. 301 Zoom ID 161 502 4290; Passcode 700956.) To appear remotely at the hearing, go to the court's website at sfsuperiorcourt.org under "Online Services," navigate to "Tentative Rulings," and click on the appropriate link, or dial the corresponding phone number.

Any party who contests a tentative ruling must send an email to contestdept301tr@sftc.org with a copy to all other parties by 4pm stating, without argument, the portion(s) of the tentative ruling that the party contests. The subject line of the email shall include the line number, case name and case number. The text of the email shall include the name and contact information, including email address, of the attorney or party who will appear at the hearing.