Excerpt: ...rior Court. The court ordered that any response to the OSC be filed and served in Department 1 no later than five court days before the hearing. In its order the court had noted that in each of the 90 essentially identical seven‐page complaints, plaintiff pleads that it is a non‐governmental organization bringing an action on behalf of the people of the State of California under the Immigration Consultants Act (“ICA”) to shut down illegal...

Excerpt: ...r Court. The court ordered that any response to the OSC be filed and served in Department 1 no later than five court days before the hearing. In its order the court had noted that in each of the 90 essentially identical seven‐page complaints, plaintiff pleads that it is a non‐governmental organization bringing an action on behalf of the people of the State of California under the Immigration Consultants Act (“ICA”) to shut down illegally ...

Excerpt: ...ule 3.3(f)(3). On August 16, 2017 in case BC659723 Judge Deirdre Hill in Department 49 of the Stanley Mosk courthouse considered the Notice of Related Case that had been filed on July 28, 2017 by defendant Long Beach Unified School District (“LBUSD”): Judge Hill expressly declined to relate limited jurisdiction case 17K00990 with case BC659723, and did not rule on whether later‐filed cases NC061173 and NC061252 were related to case BC659723...

Excerpt: ...nted only if it appears the litigation has merit and is not being filed for purposes of harassment or delay. CCP § 391.7(b). The presiding judge has designated the supervising judge of the civil division to exercise this authority and responsibility. See CCP § 391.7(e). The court notes that on September 12, 2012 the above‐noted vexatious litigant filed an appeal of case SC116133 in which he was declared vexatious (appellate case B243743). Rec...

Excerpt: ...at any litigation would proceed in Long Beach (Exh. 3 at p.10), which venue complies with LASC Local Rules and the court's “filing court locator” given the subject freeway sign's location at 3350 E. 29th St. [sic] in Long Beach, and therefore the court should exercise its CCP § 402(b) authority to transfer the case from one location to another location of the court. Additionally, Defendants assert that a transfer is appropriate pursuant to C...

Excerpt: ... which permission is granted only if it appears the litigation has merit and is not being filed for purposes of harassment or delay. CCP § 391.7(b). The presiding judge has designated the supervising judge of the civil division to exercise this authority and responsibility. See CCP § 391.7(e). The court notes that his filings in that case reflect that at that time the above‐noted vexatious litigant resided at an address on Vermont Ave. in Los...

Excerpt: ...artment. In its order that day, the court observed that its September 19, 2017 order on Plaintiffs' September 18, 2017 ex parte appearance had noted that it appeared Plaintiffs may be attempting to persist in conduct that was previously determined sanctionable, as described in this court's earlier court orders. The court cautioned that it might set another CCP § 128.7(c)(2) Order to Show Cause re: imposition of sanctions if Plaintiffs continued ...

Excerpt: ...efendant was informed that Mr. Parris himself intends to be Plaintiff's trial attorney. Defendant states that Mr. Parris is the prominent long‐term mayor of Lancaster (since 2008) who is frequently in the local media and well known/recognized locally, and who has an undue influence over his constituents who will make up a majority of the small community's jury pool. Accordingly, Defendant asserts that she cannot obtain an impartial trial in the...

Excerpt: ...e the case should proceed in the Central District. Defendant asserts that Plaintiff improperly venued this case in the East District using the location of nominal defendant Inovit Inc. The motion is supported by the declaration of Mr. Muradyan, who declares to his residence address and the address at which the subject contract was entered into (Muradyan Dec., ¶ 3, 5); that he no longer works at or has occasion to travel to the El Monte site of I...

Excerpt: ...located at 7120 Corbin Ave. in Reseda, where she resided from 2004 until her 2016 death, and therefore all the claims arose in the Northwest District rather than the Central District. Also, Defendant argues that transfer is appropriate for the convenience of witnesses, since the surviving plaintiff Bryan Hidalgo and all the witnesses are located in the Northwest District. Defendant asserts that Plaintiffs will not be prejudiced by such transfer, ...