Excerpt: ...sonnel Board's (SPB) Decision Approving Stipulation for Settlement dated 9/13/16 is GRANTED. In taking judicial notice, the court accepts the existence of the document and the existence of its contents. Plaintiff Gabriel Santos (Santos) alleges that after graduating from a California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) academy in 2011, he became a peace officer. Santos served Cal Fire between 2011 and 2016. In 2015, Cal Fire...

Excerpt: ...aintiff filed her FAC on May 29, 2018, alleging the following seven causes of action: (1) race discrimination (FEHA); (2) gender discrimination (FEHA); (3) retaliation (FEHA); (4) aiding and abetting (FEHA); (5) harassment (FEHA); (6) failure to prevent harassment, discrimination, and retaliation (FEHA); and (7) IIED. Defendant demurs to the entire FAC on the grounds it is uncertain. Defendant also demurs to each cause of action on the ground tha...

Excerpt: ...4, 2018. Defendant EMSA has never been served with the summons and complaint. Defendant contends that the Court scheduled a case management conference for September 21, 2017 and ordered Plaintiff to appear and show cause why the case was not proceeding to trial. The Court continued the case management conference and hearing on order to show cause several times. EMSA did not appear. Counsel for defendant states Plaintiff's counsel Michael Oppe...

Excerpt: ...filed a motion to change venue. David Moon, A Partnership, was not a moving party on that motion and therefore had not made a general appearance. After the motion to change venue was denied without prejudice for lack of proper notice, plaintiff requested a default against David Moon, a Partnership. The clerk entered the default of the partnership on July 6, 2018. The Request for Entry of Default as to David Moon, a Partnership, was not improper. ...

Excerpt: ...e and/or dismiss all named Respondents and Real Parties in Interest. On 12/8/2017, Petitioner filed an Amended Ex Parte Writ of Mandate/Prohibition, Amended Petition for Injunctive/Declaratory Relief with Memorandum of Points and Authorities in support of Writ of Mandate/Prohibition; Amended Civil Case Cover Sheet; Amended Notice, and Amended Forma Pauperis Declaration (collectively referred to as "Amended Petition"). On 5/19/2017, Judge ...

Excerpt: ...** Defendant Roman Catholic Bishop of Sacramento's (“Bishop”) demurrer to plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (“1AC”) is SUSTAINED, with and without leave to amend, as follows. The opposition and reply papers failed to comply with CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(1), (3) and (4). Factual Background This 2017 action arises out of defendant Martis' sexual abuse of plaintiff who was at the time a student at St. Francis Catholic High School (“SFHS”), a...

Excerpt: ...le, by COURTCALL, to participate in oral argument on the continuance date. Defendant Yulanda Mynhier and R. Stephen Tharatt M.D.'s Demurrer to the 1st amended complaint is unopposed, taken as a concession to the merits, and is sustained without leave to amend for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The Court previously sustained the demurrer to the Original Complaint, with leave to amend. The defects have not be...

Excerpt: ...lid cause of action, fails to state facts sufficient to constitute any cause of action against these demurring parties, and is uncertain. Moving parties ("Alley") inherited the property located at 702 Sutter Street in Folsom, California, ("the premises") that was being leased by Hacienda Del Rio, Inc. pursuant to a commercial lease agreement. Defendants became Plaintiffs' landlord under the lease. (SAC, ¶ 8.) On March 23, 201...

Excerpt: ...nk's demurrer to the complaint, which contained causes of action for wrongful foreclosure, violation of B&P Code § 17200, violation of CC § 2923.6 [dual tracking], and violation of 12 USC § 2605 et seq. [federal lending disclosure requirements]. The court concluded, among other things, that Markevich had failed to establish her standing, has failed to establish wrongful assignments, and had failed to allege tender of the debt. (See Order of 8/...

Excerpt: ...ule 1.06(D). Counsel for Plaintiff is directed to contact defense counsel forthwith and advise of Local Rule 1.06 and the Court's tentative ruling procedure. If counsel for moving party is unable to contact the other counsel prior to the hearing, counsel for Plaintiff shall be available at the hearing, in person or by telephone, in the event any party appears without following the procedures set forth in Local Rule 1.06(B). Through this motion, P...

Excerpt: ...n part and DENIED in part. FIS' request for judicial notice of official records referenced in Plaintiff and CrossDefendant Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC's (Ocwen) complaint in this case is GRANTED. The court does not accept the truth of factual findings in these records. (See Professional Engineers v. Dep't of Transp. (1997) 15 Cal.4th 543, 590 [judicial notice of findings of fact does not mean that those findings of fact are true]; Steed v. Departme...

Excerpt: ...any party requests oral argument, then at the time the request is made, the requesting party shall inform the court and opposing counsel of the specific cause(s) of action or issue(s) on which oral argument is sought. ** The demurrer of Defendant Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) and Sunshine Garside (Garside) (collectively “Defendants”) is SUSTAINED in part and OVERRULED in part. Plaintiff Heather C. Hoganson's (Hoganson) requ...

Excerpt: ...by Local Rule 1.06. Moving counsel is directed to contact opposing counsel and advise him/her of Local Rule 1.06 and the court's tentative ruling procedure and the manner to request a hearing. If moving counsel is unable to contact opposing counsel prior to hearing, moving counsel is ordered to appear at the hearing in person or by telephone. The response filed by plaintiff on 7/12/2018 was not timely filed and served in accordance with Code of C...

Excerpt: ...iff's minor daughter was a passenger in her vehicle at the time of the accident and is also a named Plaintiff. The Court appointed Plaintiff as her daughter's guardian ad litem on May 19, 2016. Plaintiff was represented by counsel until counsel's motion to be relieved was granted on February 1, 2018. The trial in this matter was originally set for January 8, 2018, then continued to February 26, 2018. After Plaintiff's counsel withdrew, th...

Excerpt: ...rtin Luther King Jr. Village Apartments located at 3900 47th Avenue in Sacramento, California (the "MLK Village"). (FAC ¶ 6.) As the property owner, Mercy Housing California XXVI, LP has no staff or employees on the property and is not involved in the MLK Village's day‐to‐day operations. Instead, Mercy Housing California XXVI, LP contracts with: (1) Mercy Housing Management Group, Inc. to provide property management services at t...

Excerpt: ...to comply with CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(3)‐(4). Factual Background This is a consolidated action. In its complaint VTL alleges that it hired BBC to perform a renovation of an 80‐unit apartment complex owned by VTL in Carmichael. A dispute between the parties arose and resulted in BBC recording a mechanics lien in the amount of $483,405. VTL filed an action for declaratory relief, breach of contract and fraud. VTL promptly filed a motion to remove B...

Excerpt: ...is permitted on law and motion matters. *** Plaintiffs' motion to compel the deposition of defendant's Person(s) Most Qualified (“PMQ”) and production of documents is DENIED, as follows. The moving papers fail to comply with CRC Rule 3.1110(b)(4) and Rule 3.1113(d)‐(e). The opposition was not timely filed or served but it was nevertheless considered. Factual Background This is a lemon law case relating to a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country mi...

Excerpt: ...set one, is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. This is an elder abuse action arising out of plaintiff Barbara Lovenstein's residency at Defendants' Eskaton Fountainwood Lodge residential care facility. Plaintiffs allege that Ms. Lovenstein was improperly administered medication that resulted in her death on April 11, 2012. Robin Hutcheson, as successor in interest on behalf of Lovenstein, and Charles, sued defendants. In their first amen...

Excerpt: ...niform set of construction standards (Civ. Code § 896), and permits claimants to "make a claim for a violation of standards" by alleging that the "home does not meet the applicable standard." (Civ. Code, sec. 942.) Further, SB800 provides builders with an absolute right to investigate (Civ. Code, sec. 916(a), (c)), repair (Civ. Code § 918), or compromise (Civ. Code § 929(a)) any claimed violation of SB800's standards. Claim...

Excerpt: ...ember 23, 2003, Plaintiff Oleg Beknazarov ("Plaintiff') and non‐party Irina But obtained a loan in the amount of $148,000.00 ("the Loan"), the repayment of which was secured by a Deed of Trust ("Deed of Trust") recorded against certain real property located at 7716 Rudyard Circle, Antelope, California 95843. Plaintiff alleges that Fay Servicing, the current servicer since May of 2018, is violating the Homeowner's Bil...

Excerpt: ...ewing DOC contracts with third parties. (Id., 5.) In or around August 2015, DOC entered into a consulting contract with Alexan International, Inc., an information technology contractor specializing in database architecture. (Id., 8.) Alexan recommended a software system created and owned by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), a nonprofit composed of state agencies regulating ground water within their respective states. (Id., 9.) At that t...

Excerpt: ...rved. Defendant's Reply states that plaintiff served a notice of an new address after this motion was served, stating that his new address was effective before the date of service of the motion. The Reply was mailed to the new address. No Change of Address form was filed with the court. Plaintiff has sued defendants for defamation arising out of an article published in the Sacramento Bee. Defendants contend that plaintiff's Complaint is s...

Excerpt: ... A demurrer cannot be filed when a default has been entered. Therefore the demurrer is dropped from calendar. Entry of defendant's default instantaneously cuts off the right to appear in the action. Entry of default deprives the court of jurisdiction to consider any motion other than a motion for relief from default. W.A. Rose Co. v Mun. Ct. (1959) 176 Cal.App.2d 67, 71. The defendant is “out of court.” It has no right to participate in the p...

Excerpt: ... 2018. Defendant Jason Kim had previously attempted to file an Answer to the Complaint before he was actually named as a defendant, and his Answer was rejected from filing on January 3, 2018 because he was not named as a defendant. Kim later appeared in these proceedings in February of 2018, through counsel, as an "interested party," when he opposed an application for writ of attachment that was filed against him. The application for writ...

Excerpt: ... Grove. Plaintiff hit her head on a large firehose valve and firehose support bracket as she was rising up from a bent position. Plaintiff filed her complaint on 9/25/2015, a few days before the statute of limitations expired. The complaint names all current defendants, including JJD‐HOV Elk Grove, LLC and Dana Butcher Associates. Defendants move for discretionary dismissal on the grounds that Plaintiff did not serve them with the summons and c...