Judge: Holly J. Fujie, Case: 22STCV07973, Date: 2022-08-12 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV07973    Hearing Date: August 12, 2022    Dept: 56

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

            MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff

            The Court has considered the moving papers.  No opposition papers were filed.  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).

BACKGROUND

            This action arises out of a landlord/tenant relationship.  On April 27, 2022, the Court sustained Defendants’ demurrer to Plaintiff’s complaint (the “Complaint”) and granted Plaintiff 20 days leave to amend.  Plaintiff did not file a first amended complaint (the “FAC”) within that time.  On July 13, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file the FAC (the “Motion”).

            The Court notes that the proposed FAC was filed as a pleading and was rejected by the Court.  Nonetheless, given that both the Motion and proposed FAC were filed with the Court and served on Defendants and the Motion is unopposed the Court GRANTS the Motion with 10 days leave for Plaintiff to file the FAC as a standalone document.  (Sexton v. Superior Court (1997) 58 Cal.App.4th 1403, 1410.)

Moving party is ordered to give notice.

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 12th day of August 2022