Defendant's Motion to be Relieved as Counsel
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The following are the tentative ruling for cases calendared before Judge John R. Mayne in Department 21:
CV-26-000086 - BRADFORD, PATTI vs KELLERMEYER BERGENSONS SERVICES LLC - a) Defendant's Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Decision on Motion to Compel Arbitration and to Stay Proceedings- HEARING REQUIRED. b) Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration and to Stay Proceedings - HEARING REQUIRED. c) Defendant Amazon.Com Services LLC's Joinder to Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC's and Chio Saechao's Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings - HEARING REQUIRED. a-c) HEARING REQUIRED.
Defendant submitted memorandums and reply briefs in support of its motions to compel arbitration and for joinder. The Court was unable to locate opposition briefs in the court file and requires the parties' assistance.
CV-26-000602 - NORFORD, LEON vs MOUNTAIN VIEW SECURITIES INC - Defendant Mountain View Securities Inc.'s Motion to Compel Individual Arbitration and to Stay the Non-Individual Private Attorney's General Act Claim Pending Completion of Arbitration - CONTINUED to August 19, 2026 at 8:30 in Dept.
23.
The Notice of Related Case was filed after the filing of this motion. Under Rule 3.300, Judge Clifford Tong has ordered this case reassigned to his department.
The following are the tentative rulings for cases calendared before Judge Stacy P. Speiller in Department 22:
CV-25-012784 - JEVERT FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP vs FARRIESTER, SHAYE - Defendant's Motion to be Relieved as Counsel - DENIED without prejudice, and unopposed.
Defendant's counsel submitted a notice of motion and motion to be relieved as counsel on May 7, 2026. The motion is unopposed. "The motion to be relieved as counsel must be accompanied by a declaration on the Declaration in Support of Attorney's Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel-Civil (form MC-052)." (California Rules of Court, rule 3.1362.) "The notice of motion and motion, the declaration, and the proposed order must be served on the client and on all other parties who have appeared in the case." (Id.)
The motion is procedurally defective because it fails to comply with California Rules of Court, rule 3.1362
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PR-22-0001064 - ESTATE OF NUNES, CLARA CONSTANCE - Petitioner's Motion to be Relieved as Counsel - DROPPED.
In light of the filing of a substitution of attorney form on June 10, 2026, the motion to be relieved as counsel is moot. The hearing on the motion is therefore DROPPED.
The following are the tentative rulings for cases calendared before Judge Clifford Tong in Department 23:
CV-23-006554 - CAVALRY SPV I LLC vs CARDOZA, RUTH - Plaintiff's Motion for order that Matters in Request for Admissions be Deemed Admitted Pursuant to CCP 1033.280 - GRANTED, and unopposed.
The Court finds that Defendant has failed to respond to the subject discovery entirely and objections have been waived. (Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 2033.280(a).) Accordingly, the Court has no discretion but to grant Plaintiff's request. (Code Civ. Proc. Sec. 2033.280(c); St. Mary's v. Superior Court (Schellenberg) (2014) 223 Cal.App.4 th 762, 777-778.). The matters contained in Request for Admissions, Set One, are deemed admitted. The Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Plaintiff.
CV-24-007650 - VELOCITY INVESTMENTS LLC vs WAHLEN, RITA - Plaintiff's Motion for Order that Matters in