Judge: Lee W. Tsao, Case: 23NWCV01301, Date: 2024-09-20 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23NWCV01301    Hearing Date: September 20, 2024    Dept: C

Gonzalez v. Banuelos 23NWCV01301

This personal injury action was filed on April 28, 2023. Trial is currently scheduled for October 21, 2025. 

Defendant moves ex parte to advance the hearing on her Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Production of Cellular Devices for Inspection to be heard on a date sooner than May 13, 2025. Defendant argues that they will be irreparably harmed if this matter is not heard sooner because the evidence on Plaintiff's cellular device may be overwritten, deleted, lost, traded in, sold, or broken before Defendant is able to download and preserve the evidence on Plaintiff's phone. 

Defendant's Ex Parte Application to Advance Defendant's Motion to Compel is GRANTED. Defendant's Motion to Compel is ADVANCED from Tuesday, May 13, 2025 to today's date and CONTINUED to Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept. SE-C. Opposition and Reply papers to be filed and served per Code in accordance with the new hearing date. Moving Party to give notice.