Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 24STCV06324, Date: 2025-03-07 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24STCV06324    Hearing Date: March 7, 2025    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: March 7, 2025

Department 54, Judge Maurice Leiter

Motion to Amend Judgment

Moving Party: Plaintiff Leslee Deanes

Responding Party: None

T/R:     PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND JUDGMENT IS GRANTED.

PLAINTIFF TO NOTICE.

If the parties wish to submit on the tentative, please email the courtroom at SMCdept54@lacourt.org with notice to opposing counsel (or self-represented party) before 8:00 am on the day of the hearing.

The Court considers the moving papers. No opposition has been received.

CCP § 473(d) provides that “[t]he court may, upon motion of the injured party, or its own motion, correct clerical mistakes in its judgment or orders as entered.” “A court can always correct a clerical, as distinguished from a judicial error which appears on the face of a decree by a nunc pro tunc order.” (In re Eckstrom’s Estate (1960) 54 Cal.2d 540, 544.) “The function of a nunc pro tunc order is merely to correct the record of the judgment.” (Id. (internal quotations omitted).)

This is an unlawful detainer action. Plaintiff moves to amend the default judgment entered against Defendants on November 12 and 19, 2024. Plaintiff asserts that counsel inadvertently marked that possession was no longer at issue. Plaintiff requests the Court amend the judgment to award possession to Plaintiff. The Court finds good cause to amend the judgment.

The motion is GRANTED.