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A motion for an order compelling discovery shall set forth: the question, interrogatory, or request; and the answer or objection; and the reasons why discovery should be compelled.

A motion to compel against a party to the action must be brought in the court in which the action is pending. If the offending party is not a party to the action, the motion must be brought in the circuit court where the deposition is being taken. Fla. R.

A Motion to Compel is a formal request to the Court to require a party or a non-party in a lawsuit to comply with a discovery request such as a request for production, request for admission, interrogatory, or subpoena.

Grounds For Motion ? A party may move to compel responses or additional responses if the responses to interrogatories are (1) incomplete, (2) evasive, or (3) an objection is made that is either too general or without merit. [CCP 2030.300(a)].

California requires that the moving party provides a statement in support of the motion to compel. This is known as a 3-1020 document which includes the question asked, the answer given, and a reason as to why the answer should be compelled.

A party must make its initial disclosures based on the information then reasonably available to it and is not excused from making its disclosures because it has not fully completed its investigation of the case or because it challenges the sufficiency of another party's disclosures or because another party has not made ...

We don't like Motions to Compel. Judges don't like them, and neither do the opposing parties we bring them against. But they are, sometimes, required to be brought in cases where you need information to make sure you know what facts, witnesses and documents are in a case prior to going to going to trial.

Any motions to compel must identify and attach the specific discovery requests at issue, as well as the opposing party's response (i.e., motions must not simply identify specific ?categories? of documents or discovery that the movant seeks).