Judge: Lee S. Arian, Case: 23STCV08149, Date: 2025-03-03 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV08149    Hearing Date: March 3, 2025    Dept: 27

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

MICHAEL PACHECO,

            Plaintiff,

            vs.

 

RUDY'S LA, et al.

 

 

            Defendants.

 

 

 

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    CASE NO.: 23STCV08149

 

[TENTATIVE RULING]

 

MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL IS GRANTED

 

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

March 3, 2025

 

This lawsuit arises from a shooting that occurred while Plaintiff was a patron at Defendant Rudy’s L.A. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants are responsible for the shooting that took place on their premises.

On April 14, 2023, Plaintiff filed the Complaint against -Defendants Rudy’s L.A., Rudy’s L.A. Bar and Grill, and Rodolfo Lopez. On November 5, 2024, Plaintiff filed an Amendment to the Complaint, adding Defendant Josefina Lopez as a DOE Defendant. On December 9, 2024, Defendant Lopez filed her Answer and made her first appearance in this case.

Defendant Lopez now moves the Court to continue the trial to October 2025 to allow additional time to conduct discovery and for the parties to engage in mediation. Although California Rules of Court, Standard 2.2, aim to dispose of cases such as this within two years of filing, Defendant’s recent appearance in the case makes her request for additional time reasonable.

Accordingly, Defendant’s motion is granted. However, the parties are reminded to be diligent, as the case is approaching its two-year deadline, and the Court would be hesitant to grant any further continuances.

The new Trial Date is set for October __, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. The Final Status Conference is continued to October ____, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. All case-related deadlines will follow the new trial date. 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SSCDEPT27@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court’s website at www.lacourt.org.  Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter.  Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue.  If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hon. Lee S. Arian

Judge of the Superior Court