Judge: Michael P. Linfield, Case: 21STCV04559, Date: 2022-12-23 Tentative Ruling

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Case Number: 21STCV04559    Hearing Date: December 23, 2022    Dept: 34

SUBJECT:         Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint; Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One; Motion to Compel Further Responses to Request for Productions, Set One; Motion to Compel Further Responses to Request for Admissions, Set One

Moving Party:  Kymberlee Michelee Nelson

Resp. Party:    None

The Motions set for December 23, 2022 are taken OFF CALENDAR.

BACKGROUND:

On February 4, 2021, Plaintiff Kymberlee Michelee Nelson filed her Complaint against Defendants La Playita Auto Sales, Inc. and Hudson Insurance Company. This case regards Plaintiff’s purchase of a car from Defendants that had allegedly previously been rented and damaged.

On March 11, 2021, Defendant Hudson Insurance Company filed its Answer.

On January 24, 2022, by request of Plaintiff, the Clerk’s Office dismissed with prejudice Hudson Insurance Company from the Complaint.

On January 31, 2022, Defendant La Playita Auto Sales, Inc. (“Defendant”) filed its Answer to the Complaint.

On August 10, 2022, Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint against Defendant.

On September 13, 2022, Defendant filed its Answer to the First Amended Complaint.

On November 22, 2022, Plaintiff filed the following motions:

(1)       Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint;

(2)       Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories, Set One;

(3)       Motion to Compel Further Responses to Request for Productions, Set One; and

(4)       Motion to Compel Further Responses to Request for Admissions, Set One.

On December 13, 2022, pursuant to the filed Stipulation of the Parties, the Court issued its Order. Among other things, the Order: (1) granted Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint; and (2) allowed Plaintiff to reschedule her hearings on the Motions to Compel.

Plaintiff has yet to take the Motion for Leave off calendar or to reschedule her hearings on the Motions to Compel.

ANALYSIS:

The Court has already granted Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint. This Motion is taken off calendar.

Pursuant to the filed Stipulation of the Parties, the Court has allowed Plaintiff to reschedule her hearings on the Motions to Compel. Plaintiff has yet to do so. The Motions to Compel are taken off calendar. Plaintiff can reschedule them using the Court’s Reservation Management System.