Judge: Jill Feeney, Case: 21STCV39395, Date: 2023-02-22 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV39395    Hearing Date: February 22, 2023    Dept: 30

Department 30, Spring Street Courthouse
February 22, 2023

21STCV39395 .......Related Case: 21STCV41322

Motion to Consolidate Related Case Nos. 21STCV39395 and 21STCV41322 filed by Plaintiffs Jonathan and Ruth Ventura

DECISION

The motion to consolidate is granted.

The Court orders the following cases,
21STCV39395 and 21STCV41322, consolidated and assigned to Department 30 in
Spring Street Courthouse for all purposes.



The Court designates 21STCV39395 as the lead case. All future documents must be
filed under 21STCV39395  (JONATHAN VENTURA, et al. vs ENRIQUE GUTIERREZ,
et al.). Case numbers on all subsequent filings should be reflected under the
lead case. 

ALL FUTURE DOCUMENTS MUST BE FILED UNDER
THE LEAD CASE NUMBER AND CAPTION OF THE LEAD CASE. Case numbers on all
subsequent filings should be reflected as follows: Lead case number c/w other
case number(s).



Any presently calendared motions in cases other than the lead case shall be
continued to the newly  assigned Department and shall be re-noticed
and  re-scheduled through the Courts online reservation system to the next
available date in Department SSC-30  by the moving party.

As to both cases the Final Status Conference set for 04/11/2023 at
10:00 a.m. and  Jury Trial set for 04/25/2023 at 8:30 a.m. in Department
30 of the Spring Street Courthouse remain on calendar as currently scheduled.



On the Court's own motion, the 04/25/2023 Final Status Conference and 
Jury Trial scheduled for 05/29/2023 currently scheduled in Related case No. 21STCV41322 are
advanced and vacated.

Moving parties to provide notice to all parties and to file proof of service of such notice within five court days after the date of this order.