Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 22STCV19361, Date: 2022-10-25 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV19361    Hearing Date: October 25, 2022    Dept: 27

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

FIONA BILLINGS,

                   Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

CHRISTINA MACEDO,

 

                   Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 22STCV19361

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED

 

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

October 25, 2022

 

 

 

 

Carpenter & Zuckerman seeks to be relieved as counsel of record for Plaintiff Fiona Billings on grounds that they have come to a point of irreconcilable differences with regards to the further handling of this case.  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 currently set for December 12, 2023 and no prejudice will result from granting this motion.  However, the proposed order fails to include the OSC re: Dismissal scheduled for June 11, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.

Accordingly, the hearing on this motion is CONTINUED to November 15, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. so that counsel may submit a revised proposed order.

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.