Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 23AHCV01446, Date: 2025-03-07 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23AHCV01446    Hearing Date: March 7, 2025    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

SANDRA HARMON,

                    Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

JESUS DIAZ, et al.,

 

                    Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 23AHCV01446

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

March 7, 2025

 

 

 

 

Jacob O. Partiyeli seeks to be relieved as counsel of record for plaintiff Sandra Harmon on grounds that there has been a breakdown in communication. 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.)

Counsel’s motion is deficient because the most recently filed proposed order (filed on February 7, 2025) does not include the upcoming hearing dates, which include a motion to compel Plaintiff’s deposition, the final status conference, or the trial date. In fact, the proposed order incorrectly states that the trial date has not yet been set.

At the February 5, 2025, hearing, which was attended by appearance counsel for the Plaintiff’s lawyer seeking to be relieved, the Court explained to appearance counsel in meticulous detail the corrections that needed to be made to the proposed order precisely to avoid having this bouncing back and forth. Were the mistakes on the current proposed order minor, rather than a largely wholesale disregard for the Court’s instructions, the Court might be inclined to fix the order. But that is not the case.

Therefore, the hearing on this motion is CONTINUED to _________ at 8:30 a.m. in Department 3 of the Alhambra Courthouse. Counsel must submit a revised proposed order at least 5 court days before the hearing.

Moving party to give notice.

Dated this 7th day of March 2025

 

 

 

 

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.