Judge: Lynne M. Hobbs, Case: 21STCV39770, Date: 2023-10-11 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV39770    Hearing Date: March 28, 2024    Dept: 30

MICHAEL BURKE vs JIA YUAN USA CO., A CORPORATION, et al.

TENTATIVE

Defendant's opposed motion to continue the trial date is GRANTED, IN PART.

Good cause appearing, the hearing on the Motion for Summary Judgment is advanced to August 1, 2024, at 1:30 pm.

The final status conference and trial dates are advanced, vacated and continued to September 12, 2024, at 10:00 am, and September 26, 2024, at 8:30 am, respectively.

All discovery and motion cutoff deadlines remain, except by stipulation or leave of court through a duly noticed motion.

Moving party is ordered to give notice.

DISCUSSION

All parties have a right to have a timely filed motion for summary judgment heard before trial. Sentry Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (Garcia) (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d. 528. The Court has the power to provide for the orderly conduct of the proceedings before it. CCP 128. 

Accordingly, the Court exercises its discretion to advance the hearing on the motion for summary judgment to a date convenient to the Court. However, given moving party's basis for the continuance, no good cause exists to continue trial-related deadlines.