PAUL HENRY VS. ERIC YOUNG ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Thursday, July 17, 2025, Line 9. 1 - DEFENDANT EMMANUEL KAMPOURIS' Motion For Order Establishing Admissions And For Sanctions.

Defendant Emmanuel Kampouris's motion for order establishing admissions is DENIED. Defendant's request for sanctions is GRANTED.

Under CCP 2033.280(c), the court shall deem requests for admissions (RFAs) admitted, unless it finds the responding party, before hearing on the motion, served a proposed response to the requests for admission that is in substantial compliance with CCP 2033.220. Here, Plaintiff served substantially compliant, verified responses without objections on June 18, 2025. (Aalaei decl. Ex. E.) Thus, the request for an order establishing admissions is denied.

As for Defendant's sanctions request, the court must impose monetary sanctions on the party or attorney whose failure to serve a timely responses necessitates the motion. (CCP 2033.280(c).) Here, defense counsel served RFAs to plaintiff's counsel Aalaei via email on May 5, 2025. Accounting for e-service, the deadline to respond fell on June 6, 2025. (CCP 2033.250; CCP 1010.6.) Defendant's failure to copy co-counsel on this email did not extend the deadline, as service upon Aalaei sufficed. Plaintiff belatedly served his original responses consisting of objections on June 16, 2025. By then, his objections were waived under CCP 2033.280, necessitating this motion. The court orders Plaintiff and his attorney Ali Aalaei, jointly and severally, to pay Kampouris $1,087.50 in sanctions by August 14, 2025.

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