PAUL CAREY JR. VS. HOTEL 242, L.P. ET AL

On the Law and Motion / Discovery calendar for October 7, 2025, line 2, DEFENDANT PARAMOUNT HOTELS, INC. Motion To Compel Attendance At Deposition Defendant Paramount Hotels, Inc.'s unopposed Motion To Compel Attendance At Deposition is GRANTED.

Moving Defendant moves under Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.450. Subdivision (a) of that section provides: "If, after service of a deposition notice, a party to the action or an officer, director, managing agent, or employee of a party, or a person designated by an organization that is a party under Section 2025.230, without having served a valid objection under Section 2025.410, fails to appear for examination, or to proceed with it, or to produce for inspection any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing described in the deposition notice, the party giving the notice may move for an order compelling the deponent's attendance and testimony, and the production for inspection of any document, electronically stored information, or tangible thing described in the deposition notice."

Moving Defendant served Plaintiff Paul Carey with a deposition notice and Plaintiff (repeatedly) failed to appear or otherwise proceed with the deposition. Plaintiff's failure to appear or proceed is not excused. Plaintiff is ordered to appear for deposition consistent with the terms set out in the notice on a date time agreed to by Plaintiff and Moving Defendant before November 4, 2025; absent agreement Plaintiff must appear for deposition on November 4, 2025, at 10:00 am at the address identified in the notice.

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