Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 22STCV09026, Date: 2022-08-19 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV09026    Hearing Date: August 19, 2022    Dept: 27

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

MELANIE PEARL,

                   Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

FCA US LLC d/b/a JEEP, et al.,

 

                   Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 22STCV09026

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: DEFENDANT FCA US LLC’S MOTION TO ADMIT COUNSEL PRO HAC VICE

 

 

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

August 19, 2022

 

          Anthony Lane Morrison (“Applicant”) seeks admission to appear as counsel pro hac vice to represent Defendant FCA US LLC (“FCA”) in this action along with Anthony S. Thomas of Klein Thomas & Lee, an active member of the State Bar of California.  (Motion, Morrison Decl., ¶ 7; Motion, Thomas Decl., ¶ 1.)  Applicant is a resident of Kingwood, Texas and works at the Texas office of Bush Seyferth PLLC.  (Motion, Morrison Decl., ¶¶ 1-3.)  Applicant is a member in good standing of the State Bars of Texas and Alabama and has not been suspended or disbarred from any court.  (Id., ¶¶ 4, 6.)  Applicant is not a resident of California and does not regularly engage in business in California.  (Id., ¶ 3.)  Applicant has not applied for pro hac vice admission in any matters in the State of California in the last two years.  (Id., ¶ 8.)

          The application complies with the requirements of California Rules of Court Rule 9.40, including serving notice on and paying the required fees to the State Bar of California.

          The unopposed application is GRANTED.

          It is ordered that Applicant Anthony Lane Morrison be admitted to appear as counsel pro hac vice for the purpose of representing FCA in this action.  Applicant shall be subject to all applicable rules of this Court.

Moving party to give notice. 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SSCDEPT27@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.