Judge: Holly J. Fujie, Case: 21STCV31371, Date: 2023-01-05 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV31371    Hearing Date: January 5, 2023    Dept: 56

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff

RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Air 1 Moving & Storage, Inc. (“Defendant”)

            The Court has considered the moving and opposition papers.  No reply papers were filed.  Any reply papers were required to have been filed and served at least five court days before the hearing under California Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”) section 1005, subdivision (b).

BACKGROUND

            On December 22, 2022, Plaintiff and Defendant participated in an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”) to address discovery disputes at issue in Plaintiff’s motions to compel further responses (collectively, the “Motions”).  Following the IDC, the Court issued an order requiring Defendant to produce specified categories of documents.  On June 16, 2022, Plaintiffs filed a motion to compel further responses to the special interrogatories and requests for production propounded by Plaintiff.

In light of the Court’s December 22, 2022 order, it is unclear whether the discovery discussed in the Motions remains disputed.  Should disputes over the sufficiency of Defendant’s responses after the December 22, 2022 persist, the parties may stipulate to schedule an IDC with the Court (although no longer required) or Plaintiff may file a motion to compel compliance with the Court’s order.

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 5th day of January 2023