YOU LIANG SONG VS. ARTHUR LIU ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion / Discovery calendar for Friday, August 1, 2025, Line 2. PLAINTIFF YOU SONG's Request To Restore Hearing Schedule, Correct Procedural Errors, And Grant Trial Perference Due To Health Reasons.

Plaintiff You Liang Song has filed what the court construes as a motion for reconsideration of its order sustaining defendant Arthur Liu's demurrer to the Second Amended Complaint with prejudice, i.e. without leave to amend. The court's order was entered on June 17, 2025, and served on Song by first-class mail on July 1, 2025.

CCP 1008(a) provides that a motion for reconsideration may be made "within 10 days after service upon the party of written notice of entry of the order." It must be "based upon new or different facts, circumstances, or law" and the "party making the application shall state by affidavit what application was made before, when and to what judge, what order or decisions were made, and what new or different facts, circumstances, or law are claimed to be shown." (Id.)

Song's motion is timely, but it does not include an affidavit, and it does not show any new facts, circumstances, or law. The court denies the motion to reconsider.

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