Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV31568, Date: 2024-01-29 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV31568    Hearing Date: January 29, 2024    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

MARIA JOSEFINA RUANO DE DIAZ, individually and as successor in interest to CARLOS DEODORO RUANO DIAZ, 

deceased, ET AL.  

Plaintiff(s),  

vs. 

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 21STCV31568 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE   

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

January 29, 2024 

 

Defendant Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”) requests the Court to take judicial notice of (1) Felony Abstract of Judgment filed 9-7-22, Peo. v Santino Anthony Mitchell, et al., Case No. BA489749, (2) Reporter’s Transcript, Plea and Sentence hearing filed 10-5-22, Peo. v Santino Anthony Mitchell, et al., Case No. BA489749, (3) Felony Sentencing Memorandum dated 8-11-22, Peo. v Santino Anthony Mitchell, et al., Case No. BA489749, and (4) Amended Felony Complaint filed 5-26-22, Peo. v Santino Anthony Mitchell, et al., Case No. BA489749. 

 

Defendants Jonathan Antonio Mitchell and Santino Anthony Mitchell oppose the request, and LACMTA filed a reply. 

 

Without the Court even determining whether the documents are in fact judicially noticeable, “There is, however, a precondition to the taking of judicial notice in either its mandatory or permissive form—any matter to be judicially noticed must be relevant to a material issue.”  (People ex rel. Lockyer v. Shamrock Foods Co. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 415, 422 fn. 2.) This standalone request for judicial notice, unrelated to any particular motion to determine a material issue, is therefore DENIED.  

 

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 26th day of January 2024 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court