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BaronHR West Inc vs Partners Personnel – Management Services LLC

Case Number

20CV04299

Case Type

Civil Law & Motion

Hearing Date / Time

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 10:00

Nature of Proceedings

Motion to Compel; Motions for Admissions

Tentative Ruling

Cross-complainant Partners Personnel-Management Services, LLC (Partners) named StaffLab LLC (StaffLab) as MOE 1 to its cross-complaint on April 22, 2024, and contends that StaffLab was created by Luis E. Perez and his company Baron HR West, Inc. in early 2024 to evade the permanent injunction in this case, and the consent decree from the United States Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. StaffLab’s Agent for Service of Process was served with the cross-complaint and its MOE amendment on April 24, 2024.

On May 9, 2024, Partners served StaffLab with first sets of Requests for Production of Documents, Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, and Requests for Admissions. No responses were received to the discovery.

Partners served a second set of Requests for Admissions on StaffLab on June 11, 2024. No responses to the second set of Requests for Admissions were received.

Also on June 11, 2024, Partners filed a motion to deem admitted the matters set forth in the first set of Requests for Admissions it had served upon StaffLab. On July 18, 2024, Partners filed a motion to deem admitted the matters set forth in the second set of Requests for Admissions. On July 26, 2024, Partners filed a motion to compel responses to the first sets of Requests for Production of Documents, Form Interrogatories, and Special Interrogatories. None of the motions seek sanctions. All motions were set for hearing on September 20, 2024.

No oppositions have been filed to any of the motions.

The Court will grant the motions to compel responses to the Request for Production Documents, Form Interrogatories, and Special Interrogatories, and will order cross-defendant StaffLab to provide verified responses to this discovery, without objection, no later than October 18, 2024.

If StaffLab provides verified responses to the Requests for Admissions, Sets One and Two, without objection, prior to the hearing on this motion, the motions for deemed admissions will be denied as to either of the requests for which verified responses are provided.

If StaffLab fails to provide verified response to the Requests for Admissions, Sets One and Two, without objection, prior to the hearing, the motions for deemed admissions will be granted as to either of the requests for which verified responses were not provided.

Partners is ordered to give notice of this Court’s rulings on these motions.

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