Judge: Armen Tamzarian, Case: 23STCV03113, Date: 2023-03-17 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV03113    Hearing Date: March 17, 2023    Dept: 52

Plaintiffs Melrose Avenue, LLC, et al.’s Notice of Related Case

Plaintiffs Melrose Avenue, LLC, Futura Media, Inc., and Matthew Hermer filed a notice of related case for this case and Jamal Holdings (US), Inc., et al. v. 9010 Melrose Avenue, LLC, et al., No. 23SMCV00648.

The complaint in this action, however, is a verbatim copy of the complaint in a prior case, Melrose Avenue, LLC, et al. v. Jamal Holdings (US), Inc., et al., No. 22STCV33468.  That case is still pending.  Plaintiffs did not include No. 22STCV33468 in their notice of related case.  A plaintiff may not just file the same complaint multiple times without filing a notice of related case including the identical prior action.

Plaintiffs’ notice of related case is denied.