Judge: Elaine Lu, Case: 19STCV20219, Date: 2022-08-08 Tentative Ruling





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other parties in the same email) no later than 7:30 am on
the day of the hearing, and please notify all other parties in advance that you
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the party you represent in the body of the email. If you submit on the
tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may
nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the motion, and the Court may
decide not to adopt the tentative ruling.




2. 
For any motion where no parties submit to the tentative ruling in
advance, and no parties appear at the motion hearing, the Court may elect to
either adopt the tentative ruling or take the motion off calendar, in its
discretion.




3. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS
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RULING.  The Court will not read or
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4. IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT
PHYSICAL DISTANCING GOING FORWARD AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THE COURT STRONGLY
ENCOURAGES ALL COUNSEL AND ALL PARTIES TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY FOR NON-TRIAL
AND NON-EVIDENTIARY MATTERS.  Thus, until further
notice, Department 26 strongly encourages telephonic appearances for motion
hearings that do not require the presentation of live testimony.




 






Case Number: 19STCV20219    Hearing Date: August 8, 2022    Dept: 26

On August 8, 2022, Counsel for the parties participated in an informal discovery conference with the Court, at the conclusion of which the parties agreed as follows:

            Within 2 weeks, Defendant ESWS will voluntarily supplement its response to Requests for Production, set one, numbers 1-21 with verified, further responses.  Upon receipt of verified, further responses to Requests for Production, set one, numbers 1-21, Plaintiff will withdraw Plaintiff’s Requests for Production, set one, numbers 26-37. 

            Prior to finalizing this minute order, the Court posted this minute order on the Court’s online tentative ruling website, and all Counsel agreed to the accuracy of this minute order in reflecting the parties’ stipulations.

            Plaintiff to give notice.