Judge Michelle C. Kim, Case 21STCV33215 2023-03-20 Tentative Ruling

Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV33215, Date: 2023-03-20 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV33215 Hearing Date: March 20, 2023 Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

IRAINA CRENSHAW,

Plaintiff(s),

vs.

BARNES & NOBLES, INC., ET AL.,

Defendant(s).

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CASE NO: 21STCV33215

[TENTATIVE] ORDER FINDING MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE MOOT

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

March 20, 2023

On February 7, 2023, Plaintiff Iraina Crenshaw (“Plaintiff”) filed the instant motion to continue the previous trial date of March 9, 2023 to July 10, 2023. Thereafter, Plaintiff filed an Ex Parte Application to Continue Trial and All Related Dates to July 10, 2023, which was granted in part on February 10, 2023. (Min. Order, Feb. 10, 2023.) The March 9, 2023 trial date was continued to May 4, 2023. However, no deadlines were moved with the new trial date. The request to reopen discovery was denied without prejudice to Plaintiff filing a noticed motion.[1]

Therefore, the motion to continue trial is moot and taken off-calendar. The Court asks counsel to promptly take all matters off-calendar when they become moot.

Plaintiff 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 20^th day of March 2023

Hon. Michelle C. Kim

Judge of the Superior Court

[1] The instant motion to continue trial does not include a request to reopen discovery, nor does it address the relevant factors articulated in CCP § 2024.050. Further, on February 14, 2023, Plaintiff filed a noticed motion to reopen discovery.