DEMURRER TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TENTATIVE RULING 1) Sustain demurrer to second and third causes of action, without leave to amend; 2) Grant motion to strike, without leave to amend DISCUSSION I. Background Plaintiff Afsaneh Emrani has brought this putative...

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT TENTATIVE RULING:  Deny motion for summary judgment DISCUSSION I. Background Plaintiff brought this putative wage-and-hour class action against her former employer, Beth’s Kitchen, Inc. dba Campus Kitchen, Inc. (collectively, “BKI”); Elizabeth Harris Kimball (originally named as...

MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT OR DEFAULT JUDGMENT TENTATIVE RULING Continue the motion to set aside the default, following service of the motion on the File & Serve Express site (if the parties cannot otherwise stipulate to setting aside the...

MOTIONS TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR VARIOUS DEFENDANTS (5) TENTATIVE RULING Grant each of the five (5) motions to withdraw contingent upon the clarification to the Court’s satisfication of the following issues: 1) the reasons for withdrawal, without...

MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT OR DEFAULT JUDGMENT TENTATIVE RULING Continue the motion to set aside the default, following service of the motion on the File & Serve Express site (if the parties cannot otherwise stipulate to setting aside the...

MOTIONS TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR VARIOUS DEFENDANTS (5) TENTATIVE RULING Grant each of the five (5) motions to withdraw contingent upon the clarification to the Court’s satisfication of the following issues: 1) the reasons for withdrawal, without...

MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S IMPROPER DOE AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDMENT COMPLAINT TENTATIVE RULING:  Deny motion to strike Doe Amendment DISCUSSION I. Background Plaintiff Jesus Serrano brings this putative wage-and-hour class action against his former employer, Triumph Structures-Los Angeles, Inc. Plaintiff...

MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S IMPROPER DOE AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDMENT COMPLAINT TENTATIVE RULING:  Deny motion to strike Doe Amendment DISCUSSION I. Background Plaintiff Jesus Serrano brings this putative wage-and-hour class action against his former employer, Triumph Structures-Los Angeles, Inc. Plaintiff...

MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION TENTATIVE RULING Grant motion for class certification in full, on an opt-out basis DISCUSSION I. Background In this putative class wage-and-hour litigation, Plaintiff has filed suit against his former employers, Defendants Global Force, Inc., Global Force...