Motion to Consolidate
CASE NUMBER: 24STCV19576 OPPOSED ___________________________________________________________________ Defendant Raul Hinojosa’s Motion to Consolidate. ___________________________________________________________________
Facts: This is an action for quiet title and cancellation of instruments. The First Amended Complaint (FAC) alleges as follows. Plaintiff Blue Oceanside Holdings LLC (Plaintiff) was assigned the interest in a deed of trust on real property which secured a loan obligation owed by Defendants Raul Hinojosa, Wavecrest Enterprises LLC Energia Organica, Sociedad Anonima de Capital Varible (Defendants).(FAC ¶¶ 17, 20.) Plaintiff purchased the property at a trustee’s sale in September 2023. (FAC ¶ 21.) Defendants later recorded a fraudulent notice of rescission of the trustee’s sale in an attempt to maintain control of the property and collect rents thereon. (FAC ¶¶ 23?31.)
Procedural History: Plaintiff filed the original complaint on August 5, 2024, and filed the FAC on August 19, 2024, alleging nine causes of action: 1. Quiet Title 2. Declaratory Relief 3. Cancellation of Unlawful Recorded Instrument
4. Slander of Title 5. Breach of Contract 6. Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing 7. Intentional Interference with Contract 8. Unlawful and Unfair Business Practices 9. Trespass
On April 30, 2025, this court denied Defendant Hinajosa’s motion to quash service of summons. This court on December 29, 2025, denied Defendant Hinajosa filed the present motion for reconsideration. This court on April 30, 2026, denied Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Defendant Hinajosa filed the present motion for consolidation on August 5, 2025. Plaintiff filed an opposition on May 8, 2026.
Analysis: I. MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE “When actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the court, it may order a joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in the actions; it may order all the actions consolidated and it may make such orders concerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delay.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 1048, subd. (a).)
“Under the statute and the case law, there are thus two types of consolidation: a consolidation for purposes of trial only, where the two actions remain otherwise separate; and a complete consolidation or consolidation for all purposes, where the two actions are merged into a single proceeding under one case number and result in only one verdict or set of findings and one judgment.” (
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Defendant Raul Hinojosa (“Defendant”) moves to consolidate the present case with the unlawful detainer proceeding in Capital Bridge Partners v. Raul Hinojosa, LASC Case No. 24SMUD02503. (Motion at pp. 5?9.) Defendant argues that the proceedings must be consolidated to prevent his potential eviction while questions of title remain to be adjudicated in these proceedings. (Ibid.)
No consolidation is proper. Consolidation may be ordered where two actions with overlapping legal and factual issues are “pending.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 1048, subd. (a).) But judgment was entered against Defendant in the unlawful detainer action on June 25, 2025, before he filed the present motion. (See 6/25/2025 Judgment, LASC Case No. 24SMUD02503.) That action is therefore not pending, and not common issues of law or fact remain to be adjudicated. The motion is therefore DENIED.
Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles Department 732 BLUE OCEANSIDE HOLDINGS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. RAUL HINAJOSA, et al., Defendants. Case No.: 24STCV19576 Hearing Date: May 17, 2026 [TENTATIVE] RULING RE:
Defendant Raul Hinojosa’s Motion to Consolidate. Defendant Raul Hinojosa’s Motion to Consolidate is DENIED. Plaintiff to provide notice. Dated: May 17, 2026 __________________________________________ Hon. Richard S. Kemalyan Judge of the Superior Court
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