Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV16580, Date: 2024-04-17 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV16580    Hearing Date: April 17, 2024    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

CELISE YARDE, 

Plaintiff(s), 

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COVENANT CARE LONG BEACH, INC., ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 21STCV16580 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE APPLICATION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

April 17, 2024 

 

Jarrett Adams (“Applicant”) seeks admission to appear as counsel pro hac vice to represent plaintiff Celise Yarde in this action. 

 

However, before proceeding on the merits of this application, Applicant must first resolve the issue of service. There is no proof of service. Rather, Megan Denkers Baca only provides that the application was electronically posted to “TrueFiling, the website of the State of California, Superior court, County of Los Angeles.” (Baca Decl. of Service.) Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.40(c)(1) provides, in relevant part, that a copy of the application and of the notice of hearing must be filed on all parties who have appeared in the cause and on the State Bar of California at its San Francisco Office. There is no proof of service indicating that Defendants and the State Bar were served. Absent proof of service for the hearing, the application cannot be granted. 

 

Therefore, the motion for admission pro hac vice is denied without prejudice. 

 

 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 16th day of April 2024 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court