Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 19STCV00970, Date: 2023-05-17 Tentative Ruling



 
 
 
 
 

Case Number: 19STCV00970    Hearing Date: May 17, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

AUGUSTIN RAMOS, an individual,

                        Plaintiff,

            vs.

 

GREAT CUTS BEAUTY SALON; MOZAFAR BABIE, an individual, and DOES 1 to 20, inclusive,

 

                        Defendants.

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      CASE NO: 19STCV00970

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

 

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

May 17, 2023

 

Plaintiff Augustin Ramos’ attorneys of record, Barry Drucker and Tigran Martinian (collectively, “Counsel”), seek to be relieved as counsel, contending there has been a breakdown in communication between them and Plaintiff.  Counsel declare they served the moving papers on their client by U.S. mail at the client’s last known address.  Counsel has filed proof of service on their client. Because Defendant Great Cuts Beauty Salon was dismissed on November 8, 2021, and Defendant Mozafar Babaie has defaulted, service on them is not required.  

 

The motion is unopposed and granted; the ruling is effective upon filing proof of service of the final order.  The Court notes the only other scheduled matter is an Order to Show Cause Re: Dismissal for Failure to Enter Default Judgment for May 17, 2023, and trial has been vacated.  Therefore, there will be no prejudice because of the granting of this motion.

 

Counsel is ordered to give notice.

 

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 

·               Parties are encouraged to meet and confer after reading this tentative ruling to see if they can reach an agreement. 

·                If a party intends to submit on this tentative ruling, the party must send an email to the court at sscdept31@lacourt.org with the Subject line “SUBMIT” followed by the case number.  The body of the email must include the hearing date and time, counsel’s contact information, and the identity of the party submitting.   

·                Unless all parties submit by email to this tentative ruling, the parties should arrange to appear remotely (encouraged) or in person for oral argument.  You should assume that others may appear at the hearing to argue.   

·                If the parties neither submit nor appear at hearing, the Court may take the motion off calendar or adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court. After the Court has issued a tentative ruling, the Court may prohibit the withdrawal of the subject motion without leave. 

 

 

           Dated this 17th day of May 2023

 

 

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim

Judge of the Superior Court