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January 02, 2026
The following is the tentative ruling for a case calendared before Judge John R. Mayne in Department 21:
CV-25-002797 – MARTINEZ, ARTURO LOPEZ vs CONTRERAS, MIGUEL – a) Defendants Miguel Contreras and Maria Contreras’ Motion to Compel Plaintiffs’ Further Responses to Form Interrogatories and Request for Sanctions –GRANTED with sanctions against Plaintiff’s counsel of $425; b) Defendants Miguel Contreras and Maria Contreras’ Motion to Compel Plaintiffs’ Further Responses to Special Interrogatories and Request for Sanctions - GRANTED with sanctions of $425 against Plaintiff’s counsel; c) Defendants Miguel Contreras and Maria Contreras’ Motion to Compel Plaintiffs’ Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents and Request for Sanctions – GRANTED with sanctions of $425 against Plaintiff’s counsel.
a-c) The Court orders code-compliant responses to the contested issues outlined in the notice of motion, without objection, within 20 days. Sanctions of $425 per motion against Plaintiff’s counsel are also payable within 20 days. Total sanctions are in the amount of $1,275. Sanctions are significantly reduced because the time spent on the separate statement was not helpful to the Court.
The Court considered issuing further sanctions against Plaintiff’s counsel payable to the Court.
Plaintiff’s opposition was extremely late.
Plaintiff asserts this is a matter of a “minor time dispute,” but provides no evidence of excusable mistake, instead asserting that the fact that responses were given shows this. It does not. Further, Plaintiff conceded this point on December 12.
Faced with an openly dissatisfied judge ordering further meet and confer efforts, Plaintiff’s counsel Jacob O. Partiyeli responded to Defendant’s efforts to comply with this court’s order by saying that defense counsel was trying to “milk the insurance company and the Court system,” This does not strike me as either accurate or as best litigation practice.
Further, Plaintiff did not cooperate with the mandatory joint statement nor did Plaintiff provide his own statement.
The Court anticipates prompt compliance with its orders in this case.
The following are the tentative rulings for cases calendared before Judge Stacy P. Speiller in Department 22:
***There are no Tentative Rulings in Department 22***
The following are the tentative rulings for cases calendared before Judge John D. Freeland in Department 23:
***There are no Tentative Rulings in Department 23***
The following are the tentative rulings for cases calendared before Judge Sonny S. Sandhu in Department 24:
***There are no Tentative Rulings in Department 24***
The following are the tentative rulings for cases calendared before Commissioner Jared D. Beeson in Department 19 located at the Turlock Division at 300 Starr Avenue, Turlock, CA:
***There are no Tentative Rulings in Department 19***