Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 22STCV04818, Date: 2024-03-29 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV04818    Hearing Date: March 29, 2024    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

LUIS ROMERO AGUILAR, 

Plaintiff(s), 

vs. 

 

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ET AL., 

Defendant(s). 

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Case No.: 22STCV04818 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m. 

March 29, 2024 

 

 

Plaintiff Luis Romero Aguilar (“Plaintiff”) attorneys of record, Robert B. Gibson, Esq. of Gibson & Hughes and co-counsel Michael Wieser, Esq. of MW Law Firm, A.P.C. (“Counsels”), move to be relieved as counsel contending relief is necessary because of fundamental differences in management of the case between Plaintiff and Gibson & Hughes/ MW Law Firm, A.P.C. 

 

Counsels declare the moving papers were served on Plaintiff at his last known address, which was confirmed within the past 30 days as current through telephone. Counsels have filed proof of service of the notice of motion and motion, declaration and proposed order on Plaintiff and Defendant. (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. Trial is currently set for June 4, 2024. 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 28th day of March 2024 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court