Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: BC702202, Date: 2022-10-26 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: BC702202    Hearing Date: October 26, 2022    Dept: 27

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

DANIEL OROZCO DIAZ,

                   Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

RONALD GLEN DAVIS,

 

                   Defendant(s),

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      CASE NO.: BC702202

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

 

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

October 26, 2022

 

          On August 10, 2022, Defendant Ronald Glen Davis’ counsel, Phillip T.S. Tukia and Morgenstern Law Group, filed a Motion to be Relieved as Counsel.  On August 30, 2022, the Court continued the hearing to September 15, 2022, so that counsel could file a revised proposed order.  A revised proposed order was filed on September 6, 2022.  The order was improperly filled out because Item 3b was incomplete and Item 6 stated that the provided address is Defendant’s “last known” which contradicts counsel’s previously-filed declaration in which he represented that he was able to confirm his client’s address as current. 

On September 19, 2022, counsel filed a declaration confirming that Plaintiff’s address was current.  However, several days later on September 21, 2022, counsel filed a proposed order which indicates that the provided address is Plaintiff’s “last known” address.  On September 26, 2022, the Court continued the hearing to October 26, 2022.  On October 14, 2022, a declaration from Linda Johnson was filed.  Johnson explains that the service address provided for Defendant is his “last known” address, while the electronic email address provided is “current”.  (Johnson Decl., ¶¶ 4-5.)  In light of this declaration, the motion to be relieved is GRANTED and effective on October 27, 2022.

 

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.