Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV07493, Date: 2023-10-25 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV07493    Hearing Date: October 25, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

VAZKEN ARMATUNI, 

Plaintiff(s),  

vs. 

 

5230 HOLLYWOOD PARTNERS LP, ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 21STCV07493 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

October 25, 2023 

 

Defendant, Carmen Guerrero dba Timberwolf Private Security (“Guerrero”) attorney of record John Ekimyan of Ekimyan & Ekimyan, APC (“Counsel”), moves to be relieved as counsel contending relief is necessary because Guerrero refuses to cooperate and that there is a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship. ¿ 

 

Counsel declares they served the moving papers on Guerrero via mail at Guerrero’s last known address, which Counsel confirmed was current by conversation. Counsel filed proof of service of the moving papers on Guerrero, Defendant, and Plaintiff.  

 

The motion is unopposed and granted; the ruling is effective upon filing proof of service of the final order. Trial is currently set for March 1, 2024. Therefore, there is sufficient time for Defendant Guerrero to seek other counsel or otherwise prepare prior to trial. 

 

Moving 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 24th day of October 2023 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court