Judge: Mark H. Epstein, Case: 22SMCV02918, Date: 2024-08-13 Tentative Ruling

If the parties wish to submit on the tentative ruling and avoid a court appearance on the matter, the moving party must contact the opposing party and all other parties who have appeared in the action and confirm that each will submit on the tentative ruling. Please call the court no later than 4:30 p.m. on the court day before the hearing, leave a message with the court clerk at (310) 260-3629 advising her that all parties will submit on the tentative ruling and waive hearing, and finally, serve notice of the Court's ruling on all parties entitled to receive service. If any party declines to submit on the tentative ruling, then no telephone call is necessary, and all parties should appear at the hearing.

Case Number: 22SMCV02918    Hearing Date: August 13, 2024    Dept: I

The application for a continuance will be reluctantly GRANTED.  Frankly, the parties have not shown diligence nor have they explained why they waited until the week before the FSC to seek the continuance.  Normally, that would be enough to deny the request.  However, as it turns out, the court is engaged in trial and will be engaged in trial when this trial is supposed to occur.  No point would be served denying the request only to not hear the case when it is set.  Accordingly, the court will GRANT the request.  The trial date is VACATED.  The FSC is VACATED but the court will hold a TSC on 8/19/24 at 8:30 am.  Counsel for the parties are warned that it is more luck than anything else that led to the application being granted.