Judge: Mark H. Epstein, Case: 19SMCV01232, Date: 2022-12-05 Tentative Ruling

The Court generally uploads tentative rulings the morning of the hearing.  Because of that, the parties cannot submit on the tentative the night before and not appear.  However, if after reviewing the tentative ruling ALL COUNSEL submit, they should tell the Court's judicial assistant when checking in and the Court will endeavor to either not hear the case in light of the submission or, if the Court believes that a hearing is still needed for some other reason, then the Court will be inclined to give priority.

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For those appearing in the courtroom, the Court will provide a hard copy of the tentative ruling. 

Case Number: 19SMCV01232    Hearing Date: December 5, 2022    Dept: R

The case is here for a final status conference, but the court notes that there has been a dismissal.  It appears that there is nothing left of the case, which would explain why there are no FSC materials.  If that is true, then the court will enter an order dismissing the matter so that there is no ambiguity.  (However, if the matter is still live, the court will need to discuss with the parties why it is that no one has filed the FSC materials as the court had ordered them to do on July 2, 2021.)