What standard of review applies to review of discovery orders?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Haniff v. Superior Court of Santa Clara Cnty., 214 Cal.Rptr.3d 844, 9 Cal.App.5th 191 (Cal. App. 2017):

"The standard of review generally applicable to review of discovery orders is abuse of discretion, as management of discovery lies within the sound discretion of the trial court. [Citations.]" (Britts v. Superior Court (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 1112, 1123, 52 Cal.Rptr.3d 185 (Britts ).) "In particular, the abuse of discretion standard of review ordinarily applies to review of an order on a motion to compel discovery [citation]." (Ibid . )

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