Judge: Audra Mori, Case: 22STCV12815, Date: 2022-10-03 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV12815    Hearing Date: October 3, 2022    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Plaintiff Barry Uche Nnanna’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Compel Further Responses to Request for Admissions, set one, is premature and must be continued by Plaintiff’s counsel using the Court Reservation System or it may be taken off calendar.  The parties are ordered to participate in an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”) as required by the Court’s Standing Order Re: PI Court Procedures, which is available on the LA Superior Court’s website, under the Personal Injury section.

            Plaintiff’s counsel is ordered to appear at the hearing on this matter on October 3, 2022, to discuss the repeated failure to make sure IDCs are held at least two weeks prior to hearings on motions to compel.  Plaintiff’s counsel may appear remotely. 

If the parties are unable to resolve all outstanding issues at an IDC, the parties must submit a joint statement of items in dispute at least two weeks prior to the continued hearing date.  The joint statement must be a single document, with analysis by both parties, addressing each remaining issue. 

Plaintiff 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 3^rd day of October 2022