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Hearing todayGRANTED in part. Request for attorney's fees is GRANTED based on lodestar calculation. Request for expert fees is DENIED.

GEORGE CHIH-LUN YU ET AL VS. MART ALBERT HAITJEMA ET AL

Notice Of Motion And Motion For Fees

Hearing date
Sep 1, 2026
Department
501
Prevailing
Moving Party

Motion type

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Monetary amounts referenced

$550/hour$250/hour$445/hour$475/hour$450/hour$675/hour$425/hour$400/hour$200/hour

Parties

PlaintiffGEORGE CHIH-LUN YU
PlaintiffFRANCIS HO
PlaintiffGEORGE CHIH-LUN YU AND FRANCES HO AB LIVING TRUST
DefendantMART ALBERT HAITJEMA

Ruling

Real Property/Housing Court Law and Motion Calendar for September 1, 2026. Line 1. PLAINTIFF GEORGE YU, TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE CHIH-LUN YU AND FRANCES HO AB LIVING TRUST DATED JUNE 14, 2004, FRANCIS HO Notice Of Motion And Motion For Fees is GRANTED in part.

Request for attorney's fees is GRANTED based on the following lodestar: Jeffrey Belote: 183.4 hours at $550/hour; Debora Rosman: 95 hours at $250/hour; Sean Lukins: 35.4 hours at $445/hour; Melissa Palozola: 102 hours at $475/hour; David Perl: 7.3 hours at $450/hour; John Worden: 409.7 hours at $675/hour; Zoe Gallagher: 556.2 hours at $425/hour; Kristian Wright: 139.2 hours at $400/hour; Yvette Lopez: 183.5 hours at $250/hour; Andrea Wei: 11.4 hours at $200/hour; Antonia Stabile: 2 hours at $450/hour; Adel Kelifa: 8.5 hours at $425/hour; Abigail Zeimis: 5.5 hours at $425/hour.

Request for expert fees is DENIED. See Applied Medical Distribution Corp. v. Jarrells (2024) 100 Cal. App. 5th 556.

Oversized reply is stricken. Counsel for the moving party is ordered to familiarize themselves with CRC 3.1113(d); and in the future include authority in the briefs authorizing 15-page replies on these types of motions. =(501/CFH)

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Parties who intend to appear at the hearing must give notice to opposing parties and the court promptly, but no later than 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing unless the tentative ruling has specified that a hearing is required.

Notice of contesting a tentative ruling shall be provided by sending an email to the court to Department501ContestTR@sftc.org with a copy to all other parties stating, without argument, the portion(s) of the tentative ruling that the party contests. A party may not argue at the hearing if the opposing party is not so notified, and the opposing party does not appear. | |

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