Judge: Melvin D. Sandvig, Case: 24CHCV01905, Date: 2024-07-08 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24CHCV01905    Hearing Date: July 8, 2024    Dept: F47

Dept. F47

Date: 7/8/24

Case #24CHCV01905

APPLICATION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE

Application filed on 6/7/24.

APPLICANT: Edward Andrew Paltzik

RELIEF REQUESTED: An order allowing Edward Andrew Paltzik to appear as counsel pro hac vice in this action for Plaintiffs Alan Gottlieb and Eleanor Gottlieb.

RULING: The application is denied without prejudice.

On 6/7/24, Edward Andrew Paltzik filed this application to appear as counsel pro hac vice in this action for Plaintiffs Alan Gottlieb and Eleanor Gottlieb.  No other party has appeared in the action. 

The declaration of attorney Paltzik is not executed in compliance with CCP 2015.5. 

There is no proof of service showing that the motion was served on the State Bar of California at its San Francisco office in compliance with CCP 1005 as required.  See CRC 9.40(c)(1).  The declaration of attorney Curtis Smolar merely states: “I have caused a copy of this declaration and the application for admission [ ] on the San Francisco offices of the State Bar of California with the necessary fee.”  (See Smolar Decl. ¶7).  The declaration seemingly mistakenly omits the phrase “to be served.”  Even if the missing phrase had been included, attorney Smolar does not state how or when the declaration and application were served.  As such, it is not a proper proof of service.