Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV23998, Date: 2023-09-06 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV23998    Hearing Date: February 26, 2024    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

SUSHIL TAPA, 

Plaintiff(s), 

vs. 

 

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ET AL., 

Defendant(s). 

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Case No.: 21STCV23998 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m. 

February 26, 2024 

 

 

Plaintiff Sushil Tapa (“Plaintiff”) attorney of record, Gene J. Goldsman, Esq. (“Counsel”), moves to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiff. Counsel contends relief is necessary because of an irreparable breakdown of the attorney-client relationship. 

 

Counsel provides he has served the moving papers on Plaintiff at Plaintiff’s last known address, based on information and belief. Counsel has been unsuccessful in attempting to contact Plaintiff after mailing the moving papers to the last known address, calling Plaintiff at the last known number, and contacting a person familiar with Plaintiff.  

 

Counsel has filed proof of service of the notice of motion and motion, declaration, and proposed order on Plaintiff, Defendant, and the Clerk of the Court. (California Rules Court, rule 3.1362.) 

 

Based on the foregoing, the motion is GRANTED; the ruling is effective upon filing proof of service of the final order. Trial is currently set for May 30, 2024. Therefore, there is sufficient time for Plaintiff 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 23rd day of February 2024 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court