Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 19STCV39494, Date: 2022-08-31 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV39494    Hearing Date: August 31, 2022    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Plaintiff Celedonio Alabat’s (“Plaintiff”) attorney of record, Hesam Yazdanpanah and Law Offices of Hess Panah & Ass. (“Counsel”), moves to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiff.  Counsel contends relief is necessary because there has been a loss of communication with Plaintiff, as Plaintiff does not respond to Counsel’s phone calls and cannot be located.  Counsel has filed proof of service on Plaintiff and Defendant.  Counsel provides it has served the moving papers on Plaintiff at Plaintiff’s last known address; however, Counsel was unable to confirm Plaintiff’s address was current.  

The motion is denied without prejudice because Counsel declares he has not been able to confirm if Plaintiff’s address is current in the past thirty days.  If Counsel is unable to serve Plaintiff at a confirmed address, Counsel must serve the moving papers on the Clerk of the Court- located at Stanley Mosk Courthouse- pursuant to CCP §1011 and California Rules Court, rule 3.1362(d).  Counsel should take note of this for all cases in which counsel seeks to be relieved under these circumstances.

Moving 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 31^st day of August 2022