Judge: Serena R. Murillo, Case: 21STCV21181, Date: 2023-03-07 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV21181    Hearing Date: March 7, 2023    Dept: 29

TENTATIVE

 

              The Court enter the Parties stipulation to continue trial and related dates.

 

              Trial is continued to October 6, 2023 at 8:30 a.m.  FSC September 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Discovery cut-off and motion cut-off dates shall be based on the new trial date.

 

Discussion

 

Defendant moves the Court to continue trial the current trial date of April 20, 2023.  In support, Defendant submits a joint stipulation between the Parties to continue trial for six months.

 

              Here, the Parties submitted a joint stipulation to continue trial and all related dates, and have only submitted one prior stipulation to continue trial and related dates.  (See Antoku Decl., Exhs. A-B.) 

 

              In accordance with the Personal Injury Standing Order paragraph 6, which allows parties to submit up to two joint stipulations to continue trial, without a showing of good cause or articulating the reason or justification for the change, the Court enters the Parties stipulation to continue trial.      

 

Conclusion

 

Trial is continued.  Discovery cut-off and motion cut-off dates shall be based on the new trial date.

 

Moving party is ordered to give notice.