Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 21STCV01600, Date: 2022-08-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV01600    Hearing Date: August 8, 2022    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Defendants Rebecca June Grossman and Peter Grossman (collectively, “Defendants”) seek an order to issue a commission to take an out-of state deposition of David Huelson (“Huelson”).  Defendants provide that Huelson was a detective for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and conducted an investigation of the subject accident involving Defendants.  The court does not hear requests for issuance of out-of-state commissions by way of noticed motion.  Instead, issuance of these commissions is a ministerial act, and is done by Clerk of the Court located at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.  It is noted that there is a Judicial Council form designed for such a request, and it provides certain language concerning the terms of the deposition and the authority upon which the commission is authorized that are not present in Defendants’ Proposed Order.  (See Judicial Council Form Disc-030.) 

The motion is denied without prejudice to Defendants’ right to procure the commission from the Clerk of the Court.   

Defendants are 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 8^th day of August 2022