Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 22STCV01252, Date: 2024-06-14 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV01252    Hearing Date: June 14, 2024    Dept: 27

Hon. Lee S. Arian, Dept 27

MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

Hearing Date: 6/14/24 

CASE NO./NAME: 22STCV01252 DUAYNE BRYANT vs HARBOR BREEZE CORP 

Moving Party: Plaintiff

Responding Party: Unopposed

Notice: Sufficient 

Ruling: MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE IS DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Plaintiff moves the Court to consolidate case no. 22STCV01252 pending in this department (Spring Street, Dept. 27) and case no. 23LBCV01231 filed at the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse and pending in a department at that courthouse.

Los Angeles County Court Rules, Rule 3.3(g) states, “Cases may not be consolidated unless they are in the same department. A motion to consolidate two or more cases may be noticed and heard after the cases, initially filed in different departments, have been related into a single department, or if the cases were already assigned to that department.”¿ 

Consolidation is currently improper as the two cases are in different departments. The cases must first be related and then the Court can consider consolidation.  Thus, the motion is denied without prejudice.

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.