Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 23AHCP00295, Date: 2023-08-23 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23AHCP00295    Hearing Date: August 23, 2023    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

SWIFT FINANCIAL, LLC,

                   Petitioner(s),

          vs.

 

MASANNAT SHIPPING, INC., et al.,

 

                   Respondent(s).

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     CASE NO.:  23AHCP00295

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: PETITION TO CONFIRM ARBITRATION AWARD

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

August 23, 2023

 

 

 

 

On July 12, 2023, petitioner Swift Financial, LLC, as the servicing agent for WebBank (“Petitioner”), filed this petition to confirm a contractual arbitration award.  The petition is unopposed by respondents Masannat Shipping, Inc. and Imad Masannat (collectively, “Respondents”). 

Any party to an arbitration in which an award has been made may petition the court for confirmation of the award.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 1285.)  Upon service and filing of a petition to confirm arbitration award, the court shall confirm the award as made, unless it corrects or vacates the award, or dismisses the proceeding.  (Id., § 1286.)  The contents of a petition to confirm an arbitration award shall set forth the substance of or have attached a copy of the agreement to arbitrate, the names of the arbitrators, and shall set forth or have attached a copy of the award and the written opinion of the arbitrators.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 1285.4.)  Where the petition is served but no response is served and filed, the allegations in the petition are deemed admitted.  (Code Civ. Proc. § 1290; Taheri Law Group, A.P.C. v. Sorokurs (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 956, 962.) 

Here, Petitioner attached a copy of the arbitration award, the name of the arbitrator (Gary S. Klein) and the agreement to arbitrate. Petitioner filed a proper proof of service, and no objections were filed by Respondents.

Accordingly, the Petition is GRANTED. 

 

Dated this 23rd day of August, 2023

 

 

 

 

       William A. Crowfoot

Judge of the Superior Court

 

 

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