Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 21STCV09514, Date: 2024-05-31 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV09514    Hearing Date: May 31, 2024    Dept: 27

Hon. Lee S. Arian, Dept 27 

MOTION TO ADVANCE THE HEARING ON ITS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

Hearing Date: 5/31/24¿ 

CASE NO./NAME: 21STCV09514 LORIELLE HALL, et al. vs LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL

Moving Party: Defendant Los Angeles Unified School District

Responding Party: Unopposed

Notice: Sufficient¿ 

Ruling: MOTION TO ADVANCE THE HEARING ON ITS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS GRANTED.

On March 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed the present case. On April 17, 2024, Defendant filed its motion for summary judgment (MSJ) with a hearing date set for March 5, 2025. The trial date is currently set for October 23, 2024. Defendant moves the Court to advance the MSJ hearing date to 30 days before the trial date of October 23, 2024. No opposition was filed.

The Court’s calendar is congested. Defendant was unable to secure a hearing date earlier than the trial date because, as stated in its motion, the earliest available date for the Court to hear the motion was March 4, 2025. However, allowing Defendant’s MSJ to be heard constitutes good cause for the Court to continue the trial date.

Accordingly, the Court hereby continues the trial to April [6 or later], 2025 at 8:30 am, and FSC is set for _____, 2025 at 10:00 am. Fact discovery will not follow the new trial date; should the parties elect to have fact discovery follow the new trial date, a stipulation or motion must be filed.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

If a party intends to submit on this tentative ruling, the party must send an email to the court at sscdept27@lacourt.org with the Subject line “SUBMIT” followed by the case number.  The body of the email must include the hearing date and time, counsel’s contact information, and the identity of the party submitting.

Unless all parties submit by email to this tentative ruling, the parties should arrange to appear remotely (encouraged) or in person for oral argument.  You should assume that others may appear at the hearing to argue.

If the parties neither submit nor appear at hearing, the Court may take the motion off calendar or adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court.  After the Court has issued a tentative ruling, the Court may prohibit the withdrawal of the subject motion without leave.