Superior Court of California 

County of Los Angeles 

Department 78 

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I. BACKGROUND 

Plaintiff 1525 Colorado, LLC (“Plaintiff”) filed this quiet title action against Maniben Corp., et al. regarding the property commonly known as 1525 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90041. The verified complaint sets forth five causes of action for (1) To Quiet Title To Express Easement; (2) To Quiet Title To Equitable Easement; (3) For Enforcement Of Easement Pursuant To CC § 809; (4) Nuisance; and (5) Declaratory Relief. 

On July 1, 2024, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to compel defendant Maniben Corp. (“Maniben”) to provide supplemental responses to Plaintiff’s form interrogatories, set one, as to No. 17.1, and to Plaintiff’s Requests for Admission, set one, as to Nos. 12-16. 

On July 25, 2024, Maniben filed its opposition to Plaintiff’s motion. 

 

II. DISCUSSION 

The Court has reviewed the briefs and finds good cause to conduct an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”) in an effort to informally resolve the discovery dispute at issue, prior to hearing the motion to compel further. 

 

III. CONCLUSION 

The parties are to meet and confer on a date to participate in the IDC, and Plaintiff is ordered to reserve and schedule the IDC. 

Plaintiff is also ordered to continue the Hearing on Motions to Compel Further Discovery Responses using the online reservation management system, to a date at least 3 weeks after the IDC. 

 

Moving Party is ordered to give notice. 

 

DATED: August 6, 2024 

__________________________ 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim¿ 

Judge of the Superior Court 

 

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 SMCDEPT78@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.