MIGUEL VALERA GONZALEZ VS. MICHAEL VANHERWAARDEN ET AL

Matter on the Law & Motion/Discovery Calendar for Friday, September 12, 2025, line 7, DEFENDANTS MICHAEL VANHERWAARDEN, AN INDIVIDUAL, STEPHANIE VANHERWAARDEN'S Motion To Compel Responses To Form Interrogatories.

***** Tentative ruling amended at 2:57 P.M. to include the new hearing date: September 25, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. in department 301. *****

Defendants' unopposed motion shall be continued for proof of service of the motion on Plaintiff. Per the Declaration of Aaron Hancock, paragraph 5, "Plaintiff's telephone number and email were not provided with the motion to withdraw [filed by Plaintiff's former attorney] and are not on record with the court." The proof of service attached to Defendants' motion states, apparently in error, that all documents were served on Plaintiff exclusively by electronic service. Plaintiff's email address is not stated on the proof of service.

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