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Notice Of Motion And Motion To Compel Further Responses To Plaintiff'S Request For Production Of Documents, Set One
SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC25621743 - November 20, 2025 Hearing date: November 20, 2025 Case number: CGC25621743 Case title: KIMBERLIE ZAMANTHA HATCH VS. VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. ET AL Case Number: | | CGC25621743 | Case Title: | | KIMBERLIE ZAMANTHA HATCH VS. VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-11-20 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Notice Of Motion And Motion To Compel Further Responses To Plaintiff'S Request For Production Of Documents, Set One | Rulings: | | On the Law and Motion/Discovery calendar for November 20, 2025, line 9.
PLAINTIFF KIMBERLIE HATCH'S Motion To Compel Further Responses To Plaintiff'S Request For Production Of Documents, Set One. The motion to compel further responses is denied. The court orders plaintiff Kimberlie Hatch and her attorneys (jointly and severally) to pay $1000 in sanctions to the court within 30 days.
By minute order on September 17, 2025, the court ordered the parties to meet and confer about the discovery at issue. The court set a further briefing schedule. The court notified both parties that it was considering ordering sanctions payable to the court. Hatch, the moving party, has neither taken the motion off calendar, participated in the meet and confer ordered by the court, nor filed a supplemental brief as the court directed.
The court concludes that Hatch's motion lacks substantial justification and orders Hatch and her attorneys (jointly and severally) to pay $1000 in sanctions for a misuse of the discovery process and a failure to meet and confer before filing a discovery motion. See Code Civ. Proc., section 2023.050, subd. (a)(3); id., section 2031.310, subd. (h). Volkswagen is the prevailing party and shall prepare a written proposed order.
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