Judge: Theresa M. Traber, Case: 23STCV18335, Date: 2024-12-12 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV18335    Hearing Date: December 12, 2024    Dept: 47

Tentative Ruling

Judge Theresa M. Traber, Department 47

HEARING DATE:     December 12, 2024                TRIAL DATE: NOT SET

CASE:                         Barkat Ahmed v. Z&R Oil Corporation, et al.

CASE NO.:                 23STCV18335           

MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

MOVING PARTY:               Attorney Paul T. Cullen, counsel for Plaintiff.

RESPONDING PARTY(S): No response on eCourt as of 12/9/24

STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS:

            This is a wage and hour and discrimination action that was filed on August 2, 2023. Plaintiff alleges that he was consistently underpaid during his employment as a gas station cashier, that the individual Defendant physically attacked him when Plaintiff demanded his wages, and that the mistreatment was based on Plaintiff’s race, ancestry, and national origin.

Attorney Paul T. Cullen moves to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiff.

TENTATIVE RULING:

Attorney Paul T. Cullen moves to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiff. Although Moving Counsel served and filed a motion (form MC-051) and supporting declaration (form MC-052), Moving Counsel has not provided the Court with a proposed order (form MC-053). Moving Counsel’s motion is therefore defective.

Accordingly, Attorney Paul T. Cullen’s Motion to be Relieved as Counsel is DENIED. This ruling is without prejudice to a procedurally proper motion.

This ruling is conditioned on Moving Counsel giving notice to all parties and filing proof of service with the Court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:  December 12, 2024                            ___________________________________

                                                                                    Theresa M. Traber

                                                                                    Judge of the Superior Court

            Any party may submit on the tentative ruling by contacting the courtroom via email at Smcdept47@lacourt.org by no later than 4:00 p.m. the day before the hearing. All interested parties must be copied on the email. It should be noted that if you submit on a tentative ruling the court will still conduct a hearing if any party appears. By submitting on the tentative you have, in essence, waived your right to be present at the hearing, and you should be aware that the court may not adopt the tentative, and may issue an order which modifies the tentative ruling in whole or in part.