Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 19STCV00851, Date: 2022-10-13 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV00851    Hearing Date: October 13, 2022    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Co-Counsel, Lindsay Burton, Esq. (“Burton”), for Plaintiff Jorge Martinez (“Plaintiff”) seeks to be relieved as counsel asserting there is a fundamental disagreement between Plaintiff and Burton regarding the prosecution of the case.  Burton asserts that Burton and Burton’s law firm were associated as counsel for Plaintiff on November 8, 2019, and that co-counsel Jonathan Kashani, who was the original attorney of record for this matter, will remain counsel for Plaintiff. 

However, while Burton filed a declaration, Burton failed to file a declaration on judicial council form MC-052, which is mandatory.  (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1362.)  Therefore, the motion must be denied without prejudice.

Counsel is ordered to give notice. 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

• Parties are encouraged to meet and confer after reading this tentative ruling to see if they can reach an agreement.
• If a party intends to submit on this tentative ruling, the party must send an email to the court at sscdept31@lacourt.org with the Subject line “SUBMIT” followed by the case number.  The body of the email must include the hearing date and time, counsel’s contact information, and the identity of the party submitting.  
• Unless all parties submit by email to this tentative ruling, the parties should arrange to appear remotely (encouraged) or in person for oral argument.  You should assume that others may appear at the hearing to argue.  
• If the parties neither submit nor appear at hearing, the Court may take the motion off calendar or adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court.  After the Court has issued a tentative ruling, the Court may prohibit the withdrawal of the subject motion without leave. 

Dated this 13^th day of October 2022