Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 22AHCV00528, Date: 2023-05-24 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22AHCV00528    Hearing Date: May 24, 2023    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

ANTHONY BOUYER,

                   Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

DONA MARIA INNOVATION KITCHEN, et al.,

 

                   Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 22AHCV00528

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

May 24, 2023

 

 

 

 

Motaz M. Gerges seeks to be relieved as counsel of record for defendants Dona Maria Innovation Kitchen, Nabeela B. Hanna, and Amer I. Hanna (collectively, “Defendants”).  Absent a showing of resulting prejudice, an attorney’s request for withdrawal should be granted.  (People v. Prince (1968) 268 Cal.App.2d 398, 406.) 

The Court notes that trial in this matter is not yet set and no prejudice will result from granting this motion.  However, the proposed orders filed on May 9, 2023 identify the provided addresses as the clients’ “last known” addresses, while counsel previously declared that he was able to confirm his clients’ addresses as current.  Whether a client’s address is “current” or “last known” affects the method of service used.  Therefore, the Court is not inclined to grant these motions absent an explanation from counsel regarding this discrepancy and, if needed, revised proposed orders. 

 

Moving party to give notice.

 

Dated this 24th day of May 2023     

 

 

 

 

William A. Crowfoot

Judge of the Superior Court

 

 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at ALHDEPT3@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org.  Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter.  Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue.  If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.