Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Alexander Rosteck, Plaintiff,

Case No. 19STCV24592 v. [Tentative] Ruling

Sandy Alprecht, Defendant.

Hearing Date: November 20, 2020

Department 49, Judge Stuart M. Rice

(1) Defendant’s Motion for a Protective Order

Moving Party: Defendant Sandy Alprecht

Responding Party: Plaintiff Alexander Rosteck

Ruling: Defendant’s Motion for a Protective Order is granted solely as to withdraw the defective deposition subpoena. Requests for sanctions are denied.

As a preliminary matter, Plaintiff contends that this Court should deny the motion because Defendant did not bring a separate motion for a protective order for each discovery device at issue. While separate motions are required for compelling discovery responses, Plaintiff provides no grounds for the proposition that a Court may not fashion a protective order affecting multiple discovery devices from one set of moving papers.

Defendant moves for a protective order prohibiting Plai