Judge: Theresa M. Traber, Case: 23STCV31377, Date: 2025-02-21 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV31377    Hearing Date: February 21, 2025    Dept: 47

Tentative Ruling

Judge Theresa M. Traber, Department 47

HEARING DATE:     February 21, 2025                 TRIAL DATE: NOT SET

CASE:                         Adalberto Castro, et al. v. General Motors, LLC

CASE NO.:                 23STCV31377           

MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

MOVING PARTY:               Attorney Armig Khodanian, counsel for Plaintiffs

RESPONDING PARTY(S): No response on eCourt as of 02/18/25

STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS AND/OR PROCEEDINGS:

            This is a lemon law action filed on December 22, 2023 concerning a defective 2018 Chevrolet Camaro.

Attorney Armig Khodanian moves to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiffs.

TENTATIVE RULING:

Attorney Armig Khodanian moves to be relieved as counsel for Plaintiffs. However, rather than filing separate moving papers for each Plaintiff, Moving Counsel has filed a single motion seeking to be relieved as counsel for “Adalberto Castro, et al.” Under the Code of Civil Procedure and enacting Rules of Court, notice of a Motion to be Relieved as counsel must be directed to “the client.” (Cal. Rules of Court Rule 3.1362(a); Code Civ. Proc. § 284.) Given the nature of the remedy sought, the Court is not inclined to grant relief where the moving counsel has improperly combined the papers with respect to the various clients.

Accordingly, Attorney Armig Khodanian’s Motion to be Relieved as Counsel is DENIED without prejudice.

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:  February 21, 2025                              ___________________________________

                                                                                    Theresa M. Traber

                                                                                    Judge of the Superior Court

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