Judge: Melvin D. Sandvig, Case: 23CHCV00553, Date: 2024-09-05 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23CHCV00553    Hearing Date: September 5, 2024    Dept: F47

Dept. F47

Date: 9/5/24                                                       TRIAL DATE: 6/30/25

Case #23CHCV00553

MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

Motion filed on 5/3/24.

MOVING ATTORNEY: Charles Oglesby; Law Offices of Jacob Emrani, APC

CLIENT: Plaintiff Edwardo Malave

RELIEF REQUESTED: An order relieving Charles Oglesby of the Law Offices of Jacob Emrani, APC as counsel for Plaintiff Edwardo Malave in this action.

RULING: The motion is placed off calendar. 

On 5/3/24, attorney Charles Oglesby of the Law Offices of Jacob Emrani, APC filed the instant motion to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiff Edwardo Malave (Plaintiff) in this action.  On 5/2/24, the motion was electronically served on counsel for Defendant Kevin Martin Douglass II (Defendant) and served by mail on Plaintiff.  The motion was originally scheduled for hearing on 12/16/24.

Pursuant to Plaintiff’s counsel’s ex parte application, on 8/2/24, the Court advanced the hearing date on the motion to 9/5/24 and ordered Plaintiff to give notice.  (See 8/2/24 Minute Order).  There is no evidence in the Court file that Plaintiff’s counsel gave notice to Plaintiff or Defendant’s counsel that the original 12/16/24 hearing date was advanced to 9/5/24.  Additionally, there is no response to the motion from Plaintiff or Defendant to cure the defect in notice.