Judge Lee S. Arian, Case Number: 22STCV21451, Date: 2024-05-21 Tentative Ruling

Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 22STCV21451, Date: 2024-05-21 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV21451 Hearing Date: May 21, 2024 Dept: 27

Hon. Lee S. Arian, Dept 27¿

MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL¿

Hearing Date: 5/21/24¿¿

CASE NO./NAME: 22STCV21451 IAN ANDREW CRANE-EDWARDS vs LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL

Moving Party: Defendant Los Angeles Unified School District

Responding Party: Unopposed

Notice: Sufficient¿

Ruling: MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL IS GRANTED

On July 1, 2022, Plaintiff filed the present case. The trial is currently scheduled for June 27, 2024. Defendant filed the present motion, containing a joint stipulation by the parties to continue the trial to sometime in October 2024. The reason for this continuance is to allow the parties to prepare for and attend a mediation set for July 3, 2024, and to prepare for trial afterward that mediation should the mediation fail. The Court is not willing to continue the matter 100+ days; the parties should have planned mediation consistent with the trial date, which, pursuant to Rules of Court and case law, is intended to be firm. However, considering the age of the case, the fact that only one prior continuance has been granted, and the parties' joint stipulation, the Court as an accommodation to counsel and the parties, will grant an approximate 45-day continuance.

The new trial date will be August __, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, all pretrial deadlines are to follow the new trial date. The Final Status Conference is continued to _______, at 10:00 a.m.

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.