Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Discovery

If you have properly served the defendant, and he has not responded, then you can file a request to compel production of documents with the court.

Re: Discovery

If you served the discovery requests by mail, the opposing party has 35 days from the date of mailing to respond.

Re: Discovery

Responses to discovery you sent out "almost four weeks ago" are not due yet. Parties have 30 days in which to respond to written discovery. If the discovery requests are served by mail the responding party gets an additional five days.

Whether and how completely the opposing party will respond will depend upon whether you drafted your requests properly. If you did not send proper requests the other side may not have to respond at all.

Re: Discovery

If you have not gotten a response within the set time period, then you can move to compel without meeting and conferring.

However, if you do get responses that are timely sent, then you have a duty to meet and confer before moving to compel, even if their reasons are ridiculous.

If you did not consult the appropriate section of the code of civil procedure before sending the discovery, then do so immediately.

Filing a motion to compel (even a winning motion) can also result in sanctions against you, so be sure that you are doing it right. If you consult an attorney, then you can request those costs as sanctions against your opponent, even if you are in pro per.