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`LANCE EVANDER, et al.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`VERITAS INVESTMENTS, INC., et al. and
`DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,
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`Defendants.
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`Jonathan E. Sommer (SBN 209179)
`Abram P. Petersen (SBN 254832)
`Ian E. Browning (SBN 262246)
`Gabriel A. Peixoto (SBN 306758)
`LUBIN OLSON & NIEWIADOMSKI LLP
`The Transamerica Pyramid
`600 Montgomery Street, 14th Floor
`San Francisco, California 94111
`Telephone:
`(415) 981-0550
`Facsimile:
`(415) 981-4343
`jsommer@lubinolson.com
`apetersen@lubinolson.com
`ibrowning@lubinolson.com
`gpeixoto@lubinolson.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`VERITAS INVESTMENTS, INC., et al.
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`SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
`COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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` Case No. CGC-18-570435
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`DISCOVERY
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`DEFENDANTS’ AMENDED NOTICE OF
`MOTION AND MOTION TO COMPEL
`RESPONSES TO FORM
`INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS
`FOR PRODUCTION, AND PRODUCTION
`OF RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS
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`Date:
`June 6, 2022
`Time:
`9:00 a.m.
`Dept.:
`301
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`Action Filed:
`Trial Date:
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`ELECTRONICALLY
`F I L E D
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`Superior Court of California,
`County of San Francisco
`05/10/2022
`Clerk of the Court
`BY: EDNALEEN ALEGRE
`Deputy Clerk
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`October 11, 2018
`October 3, 2022
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`TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD:
`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT on June 6, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as
`counsel may be heard, in Department 301 of the above-captioned Court, located at 400 McAllister
`Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, Veritas Investments, Inc., et al. (collectively “Defendants”) will
`and hereby do move this Court to (a) compel Plaintiffs Angel Tenorio, Jianying Zeng, Raquel
`Dominguez, Antonio Godoy, Elizabeth Maticello, Sook Fung, Alix Myrthil, Manuel Alvarado,
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`Landra Tankha, Mei Ying Chen, Li Kuang, Man Fat Lui, Jian Liang Zhen, Shun Mei Zhu, Jay
`Wilson Fisher, Robert McCrady, Victor Pech, Maria Pech Uc, Menta Srikanth Sundara, Florence
`Norman, Jason Sanders, and Dolly Tang (collectively, the “Non-Responding Plaintiffs”) to
`provide verified, objection-free responses to Defendants Form Interrogatories (Set One) (the
`“Form Rogs”) and Request for Production (Set One) (the “RFPs”; collectively, the “Requests”)
`within five days of the hearing, (b) compel the Non-Responding Plaintiffs and also Plaintiffs
`Raymond Sullivan, Cynthia Spears, Gloria Fortier, Katherine Shannon, Patrick Shannon, Bryan
`Butler, Meredith Spoto, Brenda Ellis, James Hutchison, Jeffrey Gilmore, John Hughes, and Tarun
`Mehta (collectively, the “Non-Producing Plaintiffs”) to provide documents responsive to the RFPs
`within five days of the hearing, (c) compel Plaintiffs Thomas Bulger, Jon Christenson, Mario
`Dzul, Vicente Dzul, Ana Escandon, Lance Evander, Alvaro Fortiz, Rebecca Frazzano, Rosario
`Garcia, Germain Gongora, Miguel Gongora, Marianna Graham, Karen McMillan, Jose Najea,
`Debra Nunez, Shirrod Richardson, Ellen Sheeley, Lidia Sullon, Silmarie Torres, Sofia Uc,
`Emanuel Waktola, Mary Wilson, Stephen Wilson, along with Non-Producing Plaintiffs Brenda
`Ellis, Jeffrey Gilmore, John Hughes, James Hutchison, Tarun Mehta, Katherine Shannon, Patrick
`Shannon, Meredith Spoto, and Raymond Sullivan (collectively, the “Non-Verifying Plaintiffs”) to
`produce verifications of their previously produced responses to the Form Rogs and RFPs within
`five days of the hearing, and (d) issue sanctions against the above Plaintiffs and their counsel in
`the amount of $5,136.00 to compensate Defendants for the costs in bringing and pursuing this
`motion.
`This motion to compel is made pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure sections
`2030.300, et seq., and 2031.300, et seq., on the grounds that Defendants Requests were timely and
`properly propounded; that the Non-Responding Plaintiffs provided no responses to the Requests;
`that these Plaintiffs waived their right to object to these requests; that the Non-Producing Plaintiffs
`provided no responsive documents in responsive to the RFPs despite agreeing to do so; and that
`the Non-Verifying Plaintiffs failed to produce verifications to their Form Rog and RFP responses.
`FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Defendants will also seek monetary sanctions in the
`amount of not less than $5,136.00 against the Non-Responding and Non-Producing Plaintiffs and
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`their attorneys of record, Bracamontes & Vlasak, P.C. and Greenstein & McDonald, joint and
`severally, for the costs, including attorneys’ fees, in bringing and pursuing this motion, as
`authorized by Code of Civil Procedure sections 2023.010, et seq., 2023.030(a), 2030.290(c),
`2031.300(c) and 2031.320(b).
`This Motion is based on this Notice of Motion, the attached Memorandum of Points and
`Authorities, the Declarations of Jonathan E. Sommer and Abram P. Petersen and filed
`concurrently herewith, all of the pleadings, files, and records in this proceeding, all other matters
`of which the Court may take judicial notice, and any argument or evidence that may be presented
`to or considered by the Court prior to its ruling.
`Dated: May 10, 2022
`LUBIN OLSON & NIEWIADOMSKI LLP
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`By:
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`Abram P. Petersen
`Attorneys for Defendants
`VERITAS INVESTMENTS, INC., et al.
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`PROOF OF SERVICE
`Lance Evander, et al. v. Veritas Investments, Inc., et al.
`San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-18-570435
`At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. I am
`employed in the County of San Francisco, State of California. My business address is The
`Transamerica Pyramid, 600 Montgomery Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111.
`On May 10, 2022, I served true copies of the following document(s) described as
`DEFENDANTS’ AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO COMPEL
`RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION,
`AND PRODUCTION OF RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS
`on the interested parties in this action as follows:
`Ryan J. Vlasak
`Steven J. McDonald
`Betzy Bras-Gonzalez
`Ariel M. Gershon
`Bracamontes & Vlasak, P.C.
`Kelli Shields
`1901 Harrison Street, Suite 1590
`Greenstein & McDonald
`Oakland, CA 94612
`300 Montgomery Street, Suite 621
`Tel: (415) 835-6777
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Fax: (415) 835-6780
`Tel: (415) 773-1240
`Email: rvlasak@bvlawsf.com
`Fax: (415) 773-1240
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`bgonzalez@bvlawsf.com
`Email: sjm@greensteinmcdonald.com
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`ariel@greensteinmcdonald.com
`Attorneys for All Plaintiffs
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`kelli@greensteinmcdonald.com
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`Attorneys for All Plaintiffs
`BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: I caused a copy of the
`document(s) to be sent from e-mail address cmontoya@lubinolson.com to the persons at the e-
`mail addresses listed in the Service List. I did not receive, within a reasonable time after the
`transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was unsuccessful.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
`foregoing is true and correct.
`Executed on May 10, 2022, at Antioch, California.
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`Catherine Montoya
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