Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 19STCV14606, Date: 2023-01-17 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV14606    Hearing Date: January 17, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Defendant City of Los Angeles’ (“Defendant”) motion to compel further responses to request for admissions, set one, was originally set for hearing on September 6, 2022, where it was continued to December 19, 2022, for the parties to participate in an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”).  The parties were ordered to file a joint statement outlining any remaining issues two weeks before the continued hearing, if all issues were not resolved at the IDC.  (Min. Order, Sept. 6, 2022.)  The parties participated in an IDC concerning the subject discovery on November 30, 2022, where the issues were deemed resolved, and Plaintiff agreed to provide responses without objections within a week.  The parties were ordered to further meet and confer, and the motion was continued to January 17, 2023.  (Min. Order, Nov. 30, 2022.)  To date, no party has filed anything additional relating to the motion to compel further responses.  Furthermore, the Court notes that on January 3, 2023, Defendant’s unopposed motion for summary judgment as to the claim against it in the complaint was granted.  Defendant has filed a proposed judgment regarding the ruling. 

Therefore, the Court presumes all issues remain resolved and there is nothing going forward at this time.  The Court asks Counsel to ensure matters are promptly taken off calendar using the CRS online reservation system when they become moot. 

Defendant 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 17^th day of January 2023