Marriot Hotel Services, LLC vs. RingCentral, Inc.

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TENTATIVE RULINGS Judge Kimberly Knill, Dept. C31

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HEARING DATE: Friday, 9/04/2026 10:00 AM

# Case Name Tentative 1 Marriot Hotel Motion to Seal Exhibits Services, LLC vs. RingCentral, Inc. Plaintiff, Marriott Hotel Services, LLC’s unopposed motion 30-2024- to seal documents filed in support of defendant’s motion 01429620-CU- for summary judgment is GRANTED. (Cal. Rules of Court, BC-CJC rule 2.551.)

The exhibits 16-20, 22, and 23 to the declaration of Jonathan Turner (ROA 274) are ORDERED sealed.

The privacy interests of plaintiff’s confidential financial and proprietary information overcome the public’s interest in access to the records. Disclosure of the information would prejudice the plaintiff’s business interests. The proposed order is narrowly tailored to sealing only those confidential documents containing sensitive financial and proprietary information. There is

no other less restrictive means of protecting the privacy interests involved.

Clerk to give notice.

2 The Irvine Motion to Compel Reference and to Appoint Referee Company LLC vs. Hacatoryan Plaintiff The Irvine Company, LLC’s Motion to Compel Corporation Reference and to Appoint a Referee is DENIED. 30-2024- The Court overrules Defendants’ objection to Kroll’s 01418952-CU- BC-CJC declaration and exhibit 1 to the declaration. (See Condee v. Longwood Management Corp. (2001) 88 Cal.App.4th 215, 218-219.)

Plaintiff waived its right to compel reference under the lease by participating in litigation for 22 months and presenting no explanation for the delay. (See Hofer v. Boladian (2025) 111 Cal.App.5th 1, 13 [“Unexplained delay in seeking arbitration, while proceeding with litigation in court without mentioning or seeking to preserve the right to arbitrate, constitutes powerful evidence of the relinquishment and abandonment of the right to arbitrate—including delays comparable to the delay in this case”].)

Clerk to give notice.

3 Asmar vs. Motion to Set Aside Entry of Default Alphamotive Motors, LLC The motion to set aside default of defendants Jean Pierre 30-2024- Castro and Byron Castro is DENIED. 01395887-CU- BC-CJC Default was entered against both defendants on 7/2/2025. The motion was filed on 5/28/2026, after the six-month cutoff in Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b).

Thus, defendants must establish equitable grounds for relief, including extrinsic fraud or mistake. (Kramer v. Traditional Escrow, Inc. (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th 13, 29 (Kramer).) Equitable relief may be given only in exceptional circumstances, and a court's equitable power is narrower than its power under section 473. (Rappleyea v. Campbell (1994) 8 Cal.4th 975, 982, 985.)

Defendants declare they retained attorney Dan Miller to represent them in the action and paid him for legal services, believing he would represent all named defendants. However, Miller filed an answer only on behalf of defendant Alphamotive Motors, LLC. Defendants present no documentary evidence supporting their