The Hanover Atlantic Insurance Company, Ltd. vs. The City of Fullerton

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August 14, 2026

# Case Name 3 The Hanover Application to Appear Pro Hac Vice Atlantic Insurance Company, Ltd. vs. The court DENIES without prejudice attorney BRAD M. The City of GORDON’s Application to Appear as Counsel Pro Hac Vice Fullerton for Plaintiff THE HANOVER ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

The application is unopposed but defective. Specifically, the Declaration of Brad M. Gordon is not made under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California. (See Code of Civ. Proc., § 2015.5.) As explained by our California Supreme Court, Section 2015.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure “specifies that a declaration must either reveal a ‘place of execution’ within California, or recite that it is made ‘under the laws of the State of California.’” (Kulshrestha v. First Union Commercial Corp. (2004) 33 Cal.4th 601, 606.) The document therefore has no evidentiary value. (See, e.g., Kulshrestha, 33 Cal.4th at 601-611 [declaration that does not comply with § 2015.5 is not sufficiently reliable to be admitted into evidence]; Safieddine v. MBZ, LLC (2024) 103 Cal.App.5th 1086, 1094,

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