Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 20STCV35271, Date: 2023-05-03 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV35271    Hearing Date: May 3, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Defendant In-N-Out Burgers’ (“Defendant”) motion for summary judgment is set for hearing on May 3, 2023.  Plaintiff filed her opposition papers on April 20, 2023.  Any reply to the opposition was due on or before April 28, 2023.  As of the morning of May 1, 2023, the Court has not yet received any reply papers.  The Court wishes to review all papers filed in connection with the motion for summary judgment, and therefore continues the hearing date from to ­­­­­____________ at 1:30 p.m. in Department 31 of the Spring Street Courthouse.  The time for filing a reply is NOT extended as result of this ruling, and the reply papers remain due on April 28, 2023. 

If ____________ is not an available date for the parties, they are ordered to meet and confer, choose a mutually agreeable date, and call the courtroom to reschedule the hearing on the motion to the next mutually available calendar date; the parties should have several date options available when they call, in case the date they choose is not available on the Court’s calendar. 

Moving Defendant 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 3^rd day of May 2023