Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 19STCV45637, Date: 2023-11-29 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV45637    Hearing Date: November 29, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

JEFF MEJIA ZARAGOZA, 

Plaintiff(s),  

vs. 

 

CARLOS VALLE-PAIZ, ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 19STCV45637 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

November 29, 2023 

 

On December 17, 2019, Plaintiff Jeff Mejia Zaragoza (“Plaintiff”) filed this action against Defendant Carlos Valle-Paiz (“Defendant”) for damages arising from a motor vehicle collision. Trial is currently set for January 29, 2024.   

 

On September 14, 2023, Plaintiff filed the instant joint motion requesting the Court to continue the Trial date and all related dates from September 18, 2023 to January 16, 2024, and the Final Status Conference (“FSC”) from September 18, 2023 to January 16, 2024. Both counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant filed declarations requesting the continuance and for all related motion and discovery deadlines to follow the continued trial date in order to complete discovery. 

 

Since the filing of the motion, pursuant to oral stipulation at the FSC, the Trial date was continued to January 29, 2024 at 8:30 a.m., and the FSC continued to January 17, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (Min. Order, Sept. 18, 2023.) However, the prior Order was silent as to whether the motion and discovery deadlines followed the new trial date. Per the joint request of the parties, all motion and discovery deadlines are to be based on the current trial date of January 29, 2024.  

 

Moving party 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 28th day of November 2023 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court