CONNIE WONG ET AL VS. LINDA YEE ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion/Discovery Calendar for Wednesday, September 10, 2025, line 12, DEFENDANTS LINDA YEE AND DERRICK YEE'S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY RESPONSES (SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS, AND FORM INTERROGATORIES)

Defendants Linda Yee and Derrick Yee's motion to compel responses to their first set of form interrogatories, first set of special interrogatories, and request for production of documents is granted. Plaintiff Connie Wong is ordered to provide substantive responses within 20 days of entry of this order. Wong is further ordered to commence production of responsive documents within 20 days of entry of this order but if the production is voluminous she may make a rolling production that shall be concluded within 50 days of entry of this order.

The Yees served the discovery on June 4, 2025. (Wasserman Dec. Ex. 4.) Wong objected largely on the basis that her motion to transfer venue was pending and she should not be required to respond until the motion was resolved. (Id. Ex. 5.) The court takes judicial notice of other orders entered in the case and notes the minute order of August 29, 2025, denying Wong's motion to transfer venue. Regardless of whether Wong's objections were proper when made, they have no continuing force because the motion to transfer venue has now been resolved.

Neither party seeks sanctions. The relevant discovery statutes say that the court "shall" order monetary sanctions against a party who makes or opposes a motion to compel further responses to interrogatories or requests for production unless the nonprevailing party acted with substantial justification or other circumstances make imposition of sanctions unjust. (See Code Civ. Proc., sections 2030.300, subd. (d), 2031.300, subd. (c).) Wong has unsuccessfully opposed this motion but in light of all the circumstances in this case including that the Yees have not sought sanctions, the court does not award sanctions.

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