LPL FINANCIAL LLC VS. ERIC GRANT DEMARCUS

Matter on the Law & Motion / Discovery calendar for Monday, September 29, 2025, Line 14. PETITIONER LPL FINANCIAL LLC's Hearing Re Confirming Arbitration Award. Off calendar.

Petitioner's notice of hearing (for September 26, 2025) attached no proof of service on respondent Eric Grant Demarcus. Respondent has not appeared in this action. There is no filed proof of service showing that the petition for confirmation was served on respondent. The court notified all counsel who have appeared of the continued hearing date to September 29, 2025 (because September 26 is a court holiday), but the court does not have an email address for respondent's counsel and the court's notification of a continued hearing date cannot cure the moving party's failure to serve the petition or the notice of hearing. (See Code Civ. Proc., section 1290.4.)

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