Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 21STCV12307, Date: 2022-09-22 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV12307    Hearing Date: September 22, 2022    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Counsel Alex Guerrero filed the instant motion to be relieved as Plaintiff’s attorney of record on September 19, 2022, which was only three court days before the hearing.  “Unless otherwise ordered or specifically provided by law, all moving and supporting papers shall be served and filed at least 16 court days before the hearing.”  (CCP § 1005(b) [emphasis added].)  Further compounding this apparent defect is that moving Counsel failed to attach any proof of service to the moving papers.   Moving Counsel’s motion is therefore clearly improper and fails to give sufficient notice. 

The motion to be relieved is denied without prejudice.

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 22nd day of September 2022