Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 20STCV09459, Date: 2024-02-28 Tentative Ruling


Case Number: 20STCV09459    Hearing Date: February 28, 2024    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

LINDA COTA, 

Plaintiff(s),  

vs. 

 

SNOW CREEK VILLAGE WEST PARTNERS, ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 20STCV09459 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL DEPOSITION  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

February 28, 2024 

 

Defendant TWS Facility Services, Inc. (“Defendant”) moves to compel Plaintiff Linda Cota (“Plaintiff”) to appear for her deposition and to pay monetary sanctions. Any opposition was due on or before February 14, 2024; none was filed.  

 

The trial date is currently set for March 13, 2024. CCP § 2024.020 provides “any party shall be entitled as a matter of right to complete discovery proceedings on or before the 30th day, and to have motions concerning discovery heard on or before the 15th day, before the date initially set for the trial of the action.” In other words, all discovery motions on this matter must be heard by no later than February 27, 2024. Defendant set the hearing for this motion on February 28, 2024. The motion is untimely, and therefore denied.  

 

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 27th day of February 2024 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court