Judge: Laura A. Seigle, Case: 21STCV05513, Date: 2023-01-24 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV05513    Hearing Date: January 24, 2023    Dept: 15

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE MOTION FOR FINANCIAL DISCOVERY 

            On December 20, 2022, Plaintiff Mae Moore brought an ex parte application for permission to file a 30-page brief in support of a motion to take financial discovery of Defendant Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Inc.  The court denied the ex parte application because Plaintiffs did not show good cause for such a long brief.

            On December 23, 2022 Plaintiff filed the motion to take financial discovery of Defendant Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Inc.  The memorandum of points and authorities is 28 pages long.  In filing such a long brief, Plaintiff ignored the court’s ruling on Plaintiff’s ex parte application and California Rules of Court, rule 3.1113(d), which limits opening memorandum to 15 pages. 

            Because the motion violates Rule 3.1113(d) and flouts the court’s order on the ex parte application, the court strikes the over-long memorandum and takes the motion off calendar.  If Plaintiff files the motion again, Plaintiff must comply with all rules regarding the format of motions.

            The motion is OFF CALENDAR.

            The moving party is to give notice.