Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV42798, Date: 2023-12-18 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV42798    Hearing Date: December 18, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

ROMERO FERNANDES DO ESPIRITO SANTO,  

Plaintiff(s),  

vs. 

 

MATILDE BELLO, ET AL., 

 

Defendant(s). 

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      CASE NO: 21STCV42798 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER TAKING MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER OFF CALENDAR 

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m.  

December 18, 2023 

 

On April 28, 2023, Defendants Matilde Bello and Luis Bello (“Defendants”) filed their motion for an order compelling a further deposition and further response to their request for production of documents, nos. 5, 10-14, 16, and 21-23 from Integrated Pain Management’s person most knowledgeable of billing practices and procedures.   

 

On October 20, 2023, the Court signed the parties’ stipulation for a protective order related to Defendants’ motion to compel further. 

 

Since then, no party has filed anything additional relating to this motion. The Court presumes the issues are resolved and moot in light of the Informal Discovery Conference and signed protective order.  

 

Therefore, the Hearing on Motion to Compel Further Discovery Responses is taken off-calendar. 

 

Moving parties are 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 15th day of December 2023 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court