Kuang v. Bel Air Mart

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ORDER AFTER HEARING signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/12/2016 GRANTING 18 Motion to Compel as to Requests for Admission Nos. 1-6; CONFIRMING said requests as admitted; DENYING 18 Motion to Compel in all other regards; DENYING the defendant's request for reimbursement. (Michel, G.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JIMMY KUANG,

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No. 2:15-cv-160-KJM-EFB
Plaintiff,

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v.

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BEL AIR MART,

ORDER AFTER HEARING

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Defendant.

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This case was before the court on May 4, 2016, for hearing on defendant Bel Air Mart’s

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motion to compel plaintiff, Jimmy Kuang, to provide further responses to defendant’s Request for

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Production of Documents and Special Interrogatory No. 3. ECF No. 18. Attorney Derek Haynes

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appeared on behalf of defendant; attorney David Tashroudian appeared on behalf of plaintiff. For

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the reasons stated on the record, defendant’s motion to compel is granted in part and denied in

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part as follows:

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Requests for Admissions Nos. 1-6 pertain to the authenticity of documents. At the

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hearing plaintiff’s counsel confirmed that plaintiff does not dispute the authenticity of each of the

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documents in question. Further, counsel confirmed that plaintiff admits that he signed each such

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document on the date indicated on the document. Accordingly, defendant’s motion is granted in

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part as to Requests for Admissions Nos. 1-6 and those requests are confirmed as admitted as

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stated above.
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2. The motion to compel is denied in all other regards.

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3. Defendant’s request for reimbursement of the reasonable expenses incurred in bringing

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the motion is denied. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(C) (“If the motion [to compel] is granted in

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part and denied in part, the court may apportion the reasonable expenses for the motion)

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(emphasis added).

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DATED: May 12, 2016.

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