Judge: Holly J. Fujie, Case: 20STCV16773, Date: 2022-12-14 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV16773    Hearing Date: December 14, 2022    Dept: 56

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

MOVING PARTY: Jeanette Alvarez-Webster (“Alvarez-Webster”)

Alvarez-Webster seeks to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiffs Salvador Barrera (“Barrera”), Luz Yadira Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”), and Yolanda Diaz Campos (“Campos”).  Alvarez-Webster filed three motions to be relieved as counsel (collectively, the “Motions”).  The Motions are unopposed.  Any opposition papers were required to have been filed and served at least nine court days before the hearing under California Code of Civil Procedure section 1005, subdivision (b). 

The Motions are compliant with California Rules of Court, rule 3.1362, except that all three accompanying declarations make reference only to Alvarez-Webster’s inability to contact Barrera.  The Court therefore GRANTS the Motion as to Barrera and CONTINUES the hearing on the Motions to January 5, 2023 at 8:30 in this department to allow Alvarez-Webster to file supplemental declarations to the Rodriguez and Campos Motions that set forth a basis for her withdrawal as counsel to Rodriguez and Campos.  Said Supplemental Declarations are ordered to be filed on or before December 29, 2022.

Moving party is ordered to give notice of this ruling.

In consideration of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Court¿strongly¿encourages that appearances on all proceedings, including this one, be made by LACourtConnect if the parties do not submit on the tentative.¿¿If you instead intend to make an appearance in person at Court on this matter, you must send an email by 2 p.m. on the last Court day before the scheduled date of the hearing to¿SMC_DEPT56@lacourt.org¿stating your intention to appear in person.¿ The Court will then inform you by close of business that day of the time your hearing will be held. The time set for the hearing may be at any time during that scheduled hearing day, or it may be necessary to schedule the hearing for another date if the Court is unable to accommodate all personal appearances set on that date.¿ This rule is necessary to ensure that adequate precautions can be taken for proper social distancing. 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SMC_DEPT56@lacourt.org as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org.  If the department does not receive an email and there are no appearances at the hearing, the motion will be placed off calendar. 

      Dated this 14th day of December 2022