Charles Quick v. Centres Villa Limited Partnership, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California partially granted Charles Quick’s motion to compel responses to his second sets of interrogatories and requests for production. The court ordered certain defendants to respond without objection, allowed other defendants fourteen days to respond, and awarded $529.50 in expenses against the nonresponding defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37.

Holdings

1. Because Simon-Oakley Town Center, LLC and Blue Whale Capital LLC failed to respond to plaintiff's second set of interrogatories and requests for production and failed to oppose the motion, they must provide written responses and produce documents without objection.
2. If they had not already done so, Centres Villa Limited Partnership and Centres Clovis Aldi, Ltd. were required to provide written responses and produce documents within fourteen days of service of the order.
3. Simon-Oakley Town Center, LLC and Blue Whale Capital LLC were required to pay plaintiff's reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, in the amount of $529.50, jointly and severally. No expenses were awarded against Centres because its inadvertent failure to respond and ongoing compliance made an award unjust.

Questions Presented

1. Whether defendants should be compelled to respond to plaintiff's second set of interrogatories and requests for production.
2. Whether plaintiff was entitled to reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5)(A).
3. Whether the discovery responses of Simon-Oakley Town Center, LLC and Blue Whale Capital LLC should be provided without objection.

Disposition

other