California Tentative Rulings
Before the Court at present are: (1) the Ex Parte Application for an Order to Show Cause Regarding Contempt of Court and Contempt Sanctions Against Plaintiff, filed by The Regents of The University of California (“Regents”) on 12/31/20; (2) the...
Defendant Richard Keller seeks to strike Plaintiff’ Ferrucci Law Group’s (“Plaintiff”) Complaint on the grounds Plaintiff failed to provide him with written notice of this action prior to, or, at the time of service of the summons against him, as...
Plaintiff Serhat Gucen moves to strike the answers of defendants UFE Group, LLC and Action Time, LLC (collectively “Corporate Defendants”) and requests entry of default judgment. The court grants the motion in part and strikes defendants UFE Group, LLC and...
Demurrer to Complaint – sustained in part; overruled in part Motion to Strike – granted in part Trial Setting Conference – parties are ordered to appear for trial setting. A. DEMURRER Defendant Kia Motors America, Inc. (“Defendant”) demurs to the...
Motion for Leave to File Amended Cross-Complaint – DENIED The Motion by Defendant and Cross-Complainant Newport Dunes Resort and Marina for leave to file its First Amended Cross-Complaint (“FAXC”) against Cross-Defendant YMCA of Orange County is denied. The court may,...
Defendant’s Motion to Compel Response to Requests for Admissions Defendants Mohammad Mussavier’s and Hania Farooqui’s unopposed Motion to Deem the Truth of all Specified Matters, and the Genuineness of all Specified Documents, in its Request for Admissions, Admitted, filed on...
Defendants’ (Feiwen Wu and Linchun Zhao) Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens (Motion), filed on 7-9-20 under ROA No. 60, is DENIED. Code of Civil Procedure section 405.30 provides, in relevant part, “At any time after notice of pendency of action...
Preliminary matter In Defendants’ evidentiary objections 1, 3, 29, 34, and 42, there is an objection that Defendants did not receive some of the exhibits within Plaintiff’s opposition papers. This asserted omission should have been a subject of a meet...
Having read and considered the supplemental briefs on the issue of the relation-back doctrine, the court maintains its earlier tentative ruling. The motion is GRANTED. The court finds that the fictitious defendant procedure of CCP §474 does not apply in...
Defendants David Vaisz (“David” individually) and Sonja Vaisz (“Sonja” individually; “defendants” together with David) Amended Motion for Summary Judgment or Alternatively Summary Adjudication (“MSJ”) against plaintiffs SHOWFX, Inc. (“SHOWFX” individually) and Stephanie Mendoza (“Mendoza” individually; “plaintiffs” together) is DENIED. Defendants...