Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV29245, Date: 2023-09-01 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV29245    Hearing Date: March 20, 2024    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

JOHNNY ANGELE GUZMAN, 

Plaintiff(s), 

vs. 

 

DOES 1-25, 

Defendant(s). 

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Case No.: 21STCV29245 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m. 

March 20, 2024 

 

 

Plaintiff Johnny Angele Guzman (“Plaintiff”) attorney of record, Adina A. Ostoia and KJ Injury & Accident Lawyers, PC (“Counsel”), move to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiff. Counsel contends relief is necessary because of a breakdown in attorney-client communication such that continued representation is no longer feasible. Counsel avers that they have been unable to reach Plaintiff to sign a consent pursuant to CCP section 284(1).  

 

Counsel provides that the moving papers were served on Plaintiff at Plaintiff’s last known address, which was confirmed by a background check. Counsel has filed proof of service of the motion, declaration, and proposed order were on Plaintiff. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1362(d).)  

 

The motion is unopposed and GRANTED; the ruling is effective upon filing proof of service of the final order. No trial date has been set. 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 19th day of March 2024 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court