Motion to be Relieved as Counsel of Record
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HEARING DATE: Friday, 7/17/2026 10:00 AM
# Case Name Tentative 1 Thomas vs. Motion to be Relieved as Counsel of Record Synched, LLC 30-2025- The motion of attorney Scott Shibayama from Vision Law 01472224-CU- Corporation to be relieved as counsel of record for OE-CJC defendant Synched, LLC is GRANTED.
Moving attorney has shown compliance with all the requirements of the California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1362
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OSC re corporate counsel scheduled for 9/10/2026 at 1:30 PM. Defendant, Synched, LLC is a business entity that cannot be self-represented. Defendant, Synched, LLC is ORDERED to substitute new counsel into the case prior to the OSC. Failure to do so will result in the court striking its answer and entering default.
Moving attorney is ORDERED to give notice to client, and file proof of service of the Court’s order as entered.
Withdrawal will be effective upon filing of proof of service of the order.
Clerk to give notice.
2 Reyes vs. Motion to Set Aside Dismissal General Motors, LLC Plaintiffs Sandra Reyes’s and Juan Reyes’s motion to set 30-2024- aside the dismissal entered on 9/22/2025 and reinstate 01389233-CU- case is DENIED. BC-CJC Plaintiffs have not demonstrated counsel’s mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or neglect. (Code Civ. Proc., § 473, subd. (b).)
Counsel was well aware of the trial date and any “overbooking” was not the result of a mistake but appears to have been scheduled intentionally by counsel. (Baggs Decl., ¶¶ 3, 8.) Plaintiffs have not demonstrated why counsel did not inform the Stanley Mosk Court they were already engaged in a trial in Orange County, nor addressed why both Plaintiffs failed to appear for trial as ordered.
Clerk to give notice.
3 O’Connell vs. Motion to Continue Discovery Channels 30-2024- The Motion to Continue Discovery by Plaintiffs Kevin 01428559-CU- O’Connell, Credit 1 Assist LLC, and Guru Finance Group, FR-CJC LLC is GRANTED.
The Court has considered Defendants’ opposition, which was untimely filed and served as a result of the parties’ attempts to stay litigation while attempting dispute resolution.
Plaintiffs have shown a short extension of the discovery cutoff to 8/10/2026 is appropriate in order to complete discovery which was not completed by prior counsel, and Defendants have not demonstrated prejudice because trial has been continued to 10/23/2026. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2024.050.)
Clerk to give notice.
4 Morris vs. Motion to Appoint Receiver and Issuance of Newman Preliminary Injunction