Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV39173, Date: 2023-07-21 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV39173    Hearing Date: September 29, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

ALICIA HUITRON, ET AL., 

Plaintiff(s),  

vs. 

 

IESHA CATHERINE GABRIEL, ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 21STCV39173 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

September 29, 2023 

 

Plaintiff Alicia Huitron (“Plaintiff”) attorney of record, Adina A. Ostoia / KJ Injury & Accident Lawyers, P.C. (“Counsel”), has filed a motion to be relieved as counsel, contending relief is necessary because there has been a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship, and Counsel has been unable to have Plaintiff sign a substitution of attorney.  

 

Counsel personally served Plaintiff with copies of the motion papers, and the attached proof of service indicates substituted service upon a resident. No defendant has appeared in this action to date.  

 

The motion is 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.   

 

Counsel is ordered to give notice.   

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 

  • The Court is not available to hear oral argument on this date.  If the parties do not submit on the tentative and want oral argument, the hearing will have to be continued, and the parties must work with the clerk to find an available date for the continuance. 

  • 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 28th day of September 2023 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court