Judge: Robert B. Broadbelt, Case: 22STCP01142, Date: 2022-09-13 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCP01142    Hearing Date: September 13, 2022    Dept: 53

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles – Central District

Department 53

 

 

rsa talent management, llc ;

 

Appellant,

 

 

vs.

 

 

dominic friesen ;

 

Respondent.

Case No.:

22STCP01142

 

 

Hearing Date:

September 13, 2022

 

 

Time:

10:00 a.m.

 

 

 

[Tentative] Order RE:

 

 

respondent’s motion to dismiss

 

 

MOVING PARTY:                Respondent Dominic Friesen

 

RESPONDING PARTY:       Unopposed

Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss

The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion.  No opposition papers were filed.

DISCUSSION

Respondent Dominic Friesen (“Friesen”) moves the court for an order dismissing the appeal filed by appellant RSA Talent Management, LLC (“RSA Talent Management”) on the ground that RSA Talent Management is unrepresented by an attorney.  (Rogers v. Municipal Court (1988) 197 Cal.App.3d 1314, 1318 [“A corporation is an artificial legal entity; it cannot represent itself in court in propria persona but must appear through an agent who is a member of the bar”].)

On August 23, 2022, RSA Talent Management filed a Substitution of Attorney form, stating that it is now represented by attorney Stephen J. Horvath.  The court therefore finds that, because RSA Talent Management has now substituted in counsel to represent it in this proceeding, Friesen’s motion to dismiss is moot.

ORDER

            The court denies respondent Dominic Friesen’s Motion to Dismiss.

The court orders respondent Dominic Friesen to give notice of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

DATED:  September 13, 2022

 

_____________________________

Robert B. Broadbelt III

Judge of the Superior Court