Judge: Joseph Lipner, Case: 21STCV29695, Date: 2023-10-26 Tentative Ruling


Case Number: 21STCV29695    Hearing Date: April 17, 2024    Dept: 72

 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

 

DEPARTMENT 72

 

TENTATIVE RULING

 

JONATHAN DORTCH et al.

 

                                  Plaintiffs,

 

         v.

 

 

JOSHUA GOLSEN et al.,

 

                                  Defendants.

 

Case No:  21STCV29695

Consolidated with Case No. 23STCV20562

 

 

 

 

 

 Hearing Date:  April 17, 2024

 Calendar Number:  10

 

 

 

            The parties have submitted to the Court the Court-ordered Joint Statement about remaining sealing disputes.  The parties have described their respective positions as “Defendants’ Position” and “Plaintiffs’ Position.  The parties do not define who the Defendants and who the Plaintiffs are for purposes of this filing in the context of these consolidated cases.  The Court therefore simply uses the designations used by the parties in the joint filing.

 

            The Court makes the following rulings:

 

Exhibit A:  The Court adopts Defendants’ Position.

 

Exhibit B:  The Court adopts Defendants’ Position.

 

Exhibit C:  The Court adopts Defendants’ Position.

 

Exhibit D:  The Court adopts Defendants’ Position.

 

Exhibit E:  The Court adopts Defendants’ Position. 

 

Exhibit F:  Only the words beginning with “Health & Safety Code” through the end of the sentence should be redacted.

 

Exhibit G:  Only the words beginning with “Health & Safety Code” through the end of the sentence should be redacted.

 

Exhibit H:  The Court adopts Defendants’ Position.