Excerpt: ...s Corp., d/b/a WireCash RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky (joined by (1) defendant Fernando Fayzano on January 25, 2024, and (2) defendants Inter & Co. Payments, Inc., and Inter & Co., Inc. on January 25, 2024) Motion for Order to Seal Identification of Trade Secrets The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Forex Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash (“Plaint...

Excerpt: ...d Angie Coello Motion to Reopen Summary Judgment and Set Aside Judgment The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with this motion. No reply papers were filed. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendants Fernando Gaytan and Angie Coello's evidentiary objections, filed on January 25, 2024, as follows: Objections Nos. 1-5 are overruled. Objection No. 6 is sustained. The court does not rule on the evidentiary...

Excerpt: ...x Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky (joined by (1) defendant Fernando Fayzano on January 24, 2024, and (2) defendants Inter & Co. Payments, Inc., and Inter & Co., Inc. on January 24, 2024) Motion for Order to Seal Amended Identification of Trade Secrets The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Forex Express Corp., d/b/a Wir...

Excerpt: ...g Buskett, Trustee of the Gregg Buskett 2011 Revocable Trust dated July 28, 2011 RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Shahrooz Abootalebi Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. LEGAL STANDARD The purpose of a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication “is to provide courts with a mechanism to cut through the part...

Excerpt: ... BJD Services, LLC, Dawn Kuykendall, Jerilyn Rivetti Kuykendall, Brian McWilliams, Rodney Owens, Villa Patrician Home Owner's Association Inc., and Villa Patrician Home Owner's Association Inc. Motion to Strike Answer and Cross-Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court denies plaintiff Eduardo Luna's request for judicial notice, filed on May ...

Excerpt: ...e Dismissal under Code of Civil Procedure Section 664.6 and Enter Judgment The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Plaintiff LA Potosina Meats, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order (1) vacating the dismissal of this action against defendants Eduardo Loza and Edith Gonzalez Lozano, individually and as partners of East LA Tacos (“Defendants”), ordere...

Excerpt: ...ander Orbison RESPONDING PARTIES: Plaintiffs Jacob Blalock and Benjamin Novak Motion to Bifurcate Trial The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendants Halt Gold Group, LLC, d/b/a Patriot Gold Group LLC (“Patriot”), Mike Celano, Charley Chartoff, John “Jack” Hanney, and Alexander Orbison (collectively, “Defendants”) move the court for an order (1) bifurcating tr...

Excerpt: ...G PARTY: Plaintiff Mansoureh Aghayan Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication Defendant Beverly Hills Rehabilitation Centre, LLC (“Defendant”) filed the pending motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication against plaintiff Mansoureh Aghayan on August 28, 2023. Also on August 28, 2023, Defendant filed a “Notice of Lodging Exhibits in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment or, in th...

Excerpt: ...e moving and opposition papers filed in connection with this motion. No reply papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendant Andrew Troyan (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order vacating the judgment for unlawful detainer by default entered in favor of plaintiff Santee Collection LLC (“Plaintiff”) and against Defendant on December 20, 2023, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473. [1] Defendant contends that this relief is warranted ...

Excerpt: ... Inc. Motion to Stay Action Pending Conclusion of Criminal Action The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendant Eric Bruget (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order staying this action filed by plaintiff Kimberlina Whettam & Associates, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) in its entirety pending conclusion of the criminal action against him. Alternatively, Defendant requests that...

Excerpt: ...ide Promotions, LLC Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendant Sommer Ray Beaty's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (c).) DISCUSSION Defendant Sommer Ray Beaty (“Defendant”) moves the court for an order granting her motion for judgment on the pleadings as to the 16th cause o...

Excerpt: ...) RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendants Gregory Funding, LLC, and Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-G Renewed Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement The court considered the moving, joinder, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendants Gregory Funding, LLC, and Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-G's request for judicial notice. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) DISCUSSION Def...

Excerpt: ... The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants plaintiff Curtis Dothard's (1) request for judicial notice, filed on May 24, 2023, and (2) request for judicial notice, filed on August 30, 2023. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) DISCUSSION Plaintiff Curtis Dothard (“Plaintiff”) requests that the court (1) reconsider and vacate its October 24, 2022 ...

Excerpt: ...ARTIES: Plaintiffs Claudia Ocegueda Velazquez a/k/a Claudia Ocegueda and Jose Ocegueda Motion for Summary Judgment or, in the Alternative, Summary Adjudication The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on plaintiffs Claudia Ocegueda Velazquez a/k/a Claudia Ocegueda and Jose Ocegueda's evidentiary objections, filed on January 10, 2024, as follows: The ...

Excerpt: ...udgment The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on plaintiff James Van Der Beek's evidentiary objections, filed on November 6, 2023, as follows: The court overrules Objections Nos. 1-3. The court rules on defendants Stitcher Media, LLC and Sirius XM Radio, Inc.'s evidentiary objections, filed on November 15, 2023, as follows: The court overrules Obj...

Excerpt: ...fendants Delpro, LLC, Enterprise Van Lines, Inc., and Inez Torrez Martinez, Jr. RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (1) Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement MOVING PARTY: Plaintiff and petitioner Karine Aladzhanzian RESPONDING PARTY: Unopposed (2) Petition for Approval of Compromise of Claim for Minor Claimant Vahe Aladzadzhian The court considered the moving papers filed in connection with the motion for determination of good faith settleme...

Excerpt: ...sidered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on defendant David W. Allor's evidentiary objections, filed on January 9, 2024, as follows: Objections Nos. 3-4 and 8-20 are sustained. Objections Nos. 1-2 and 5-7 are overruled. The court sustains plaintiff Pro Legal Funding, LLC's evidentiary objections, filed on January 10, 2024, to the evidence submitted in reply. (Jay...

Excerpt: ...rex Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash RESPONDING PARTY: Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky Motion to Seal Parts of Grushkowsky's Opposition to Motion to Seal The court considered the moving, limited opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Forex Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order sealing portions of the opposition papers filed by defendant Eliran Grushkowsky (“Defend...

Excerpt: ...rs filed in connection with this motion. No opposition papers were filed. DISCUSSION Defendants Fernando Gaytan and Angie Coello (“Defendants”) move the court for an order awarding them attorney's fees and costs in the total amount of $287,063.74, consisting of attorney's fees in the amount of $274,040 and costs in the amount of $13,023.74, to be paid by plaintiffs Dennis Luna and Vanessa Luna Bishop (“Plaintiffs”). “In any action on a ...

Excerpt: ...closure The court considered the moving papers, opposing declaration, [1] and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Defendant Howard Management Group (“Howard”) moves the court for an order striking the “Supplemental Designation of Expert Witness; Declaration of Lyle A. River” served by defendant 1544 9th Street LLC (“1544 9th Street”) on December 15, 2023 as an untimely disclosure of an expert. “Any party ma...

Excerpt: ...Demurrer to First Amended Complaint (2) Motion to Strike Punitive Damages The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with the demurrer and motion to strike. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Ken Rickerman (“Plaintiff”) filed the operative First Amended Complaint in this action on December 6, 2022, against defendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”). Plaintiff alleges five causes of action against Defendant for (1)...

Excerpt: ...ompel Further Responses to Requests for Production of Documents The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. [1] DISCUSSION Plaintiff Ulysses Noriega (“Plaintiff”) moves the court for an order compelling defendant General Motors LLC (“Defendant”) to serve further responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, numbers 1, 7, 16, 19, 21-23, 25, 38, 40, 53, 54, 56...

Excerpt: ...efendant and cross-complainant 1544 9th Street, LLC, and (2) Defendant and cross-complainant Howard Management Group Motion for Good Faith Settlement Determination The court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS The court rules on cross-defendant Pacific Coast Elevator Corporation d/b/a Amtech Elevator Services' evidentiary objections as follows: [1] Objections Nos. 2-3 ar...

Excerpt: ...leotilde Ortiz (erroneously named as Cleotilda Ortiz d/b/a Lavanderia Rio Grande) RESPONDING PARTY: Plaintiff Laundrylux Funding Services, LLC Demurrer to First Amended Complaint The court considered the moving and opposition papers filed in connection with this demurrer. No reply papers were filed. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The court grants defendants Jose Alberto Castro (erroneously named as Jose Alberto Castro d/b/a Lavendaria Rio Grande) an...

Excerpt: ...Express Corp., d/b/a WireCash RESPONDING PARTIES: Defendant Eliran Grushkowsky (joined by (1) defendants Inter & Co. Payments, Inc., and Inter & Co., Inc., on December 7, 2023, and (2) defendant Fernando Fayzano on December 7, 2023) Motion to Seal 20 Paragraphs of Second Amended Complaint The court considered the moving, opposition, joinder, and reply papers filed in connection with this motion. DISCUSSION Plaintiff Forex Express Corp., d/b/a Wir...