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2024.03.22 Motion to Vacate Summary Judgment, Reinstate, and Exonerate Bail Bond 612
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.22
Excerpt: ...ff County of Santa Barbara: Rachel Van Mullem, Daniel Lopez For Defendant American Surety Company: John M. Ro r a b a u g h TEN TATIVE RULIN G : American Surety Company's motion to vacate summary judgment, reinstate, and exonerate bail bond is denied. Background: On July 16, 2021, in criminal case No. 21CR05624, defendant American Surety Company (“ASC”) posted bond number AS100 -161926, in the amount of $100,000.00, for the release of crimina...
2024.03.22 Motion to Compel Further Responses 207
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.22
Excerpt: ...RN EYS : For Pla int iff Ferna ndo Ca st ro -Ra m ir e z : Nancy Zhang, Corinna Jiang, Consumer Law Experts, PC For Defendant General Mot ors, LLC : Mary Are ns McBride , Ryan Kay, Erskine Law Gr o u p , P C TEN TATIVE RULIN G : (1) For all reasons discussed herein, the motion of plaintiff to compel further responses and documents to plaintiff's request for production of documents, set o n e , is d e n ie d w it h o u t p r e ju d ic e . (2) Plai...
2024.03.22 Motion for Consolidation 230
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.22
Excerpt: ... 2024 HEARING : (1) Case Number 22CV01182: Motion Of Plaintiffs India Kenan, a minor by and through her guardian ad litem Benjamin Kenan, and Be n ja m in Ke n a n 's Fo r Co n s o lid a t io n (2) Case Number 22CV01230: Motion Of Plaintiffs Jameson Moore, a minor by and through his guardian ad litem Katy Kelly, M.D., Jackson Moore, a minor by and through his guardian ad litem Derek Moore, M.D., and Derek Moore, M.D., For Consolidation ATTO RN EY...
2024.03.22 Motion for Consolidation 182
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.22
Excerpt: ...HEARING : (1) Case Number 22CV01182: Motion Of Plaintiffs India Kenan, a minor by and through her guardian ad litem Benjamin Kenan, and Be n ja m in Ke n a n 's Fo r Co n s o lid a t io n (2) Case Number 22CV01230: Motion Of Plaintiffs Jameson Moore, a minor by and through his guardian ad litem Katy Kelly, M.D., Jackson Moore, a minor by and through his guardian ad litem Derek Moore, M.D., and Derek Moore, M.D., For Consolidation ATTO RN EYS : Fo...
2024.03.22 Motion to File Records Under Seal 612
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.22
Excerpt: ...r Seal 2. Nina Johnson's Motion to File Records Under Seal 3. City Of Santa Barbara's Motion for Judgment on the P le a d in g s ATTO RN EYS : Fo r P la in t iff Nin a J o h n s o n : Christina A. Humphrey, Robert N. Fis h e r , Ch r is t in a H u m p h r e y La w , P .C. For Defendant City of Santa Barbara: Sa ra h J. Kn e c h t , To m R. Shapiro, John S. Doimas, Office of the City Attorney TEN TATIVE RULIN G : For all reasons discussed herein: ...
2024.03.15 Motion to be Relieved as Counsel, for Summary Judgment 597
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.15
Excerpt: ...nted For Defendant Fiore Management, Inc. : Fre de rick W arre n Strasser, FW Strasser Associates LLC TEN TATIVE RULIN G : (1 ) For the reasons set forth herein, the hearing on the motion of counsel for defendant Fiore Management, Inc., attorney Frederick Warren Strasser, is continued to April 26, 2024. Attorney Strasser shall serve the moving papers together with this ru ling continuing the hearing on Fiore Management on or before April 5, 2024,...
2024.03.15 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 752
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.15
Excerpt: ...n ad litem Julia E. Briscoe a nd Julia E. Briscoe: J u lia E. Br is c o e For Defendants Tracie Simolon and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Education & Welfa re Corpora t ion : Fre d Grannis TEN TATIVE RULIN G : (1) For all reasons discussed herein, the demurrer of defendants to plaintiffs' complaint is sustained, in part and with leave to amend as to the second, third, fourth, and fifth causes of action alleged in the complaint and titled as, re ...
2024.03.08 Motion to Strike 330
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.08
Excerpt: ...s or costs will be awarded. Background: This action commenced on August 1, 2023, by the filing of the complaint by plaintiff J. Blair Pence II against several defendants including Richard D. Starnes, individually and dba RDS Architecture & Planning (collectively “Starnes”), Mark Thomas Ventura, individually and dba Ventura Pools, Ventura Pools, Inc., dba Ventura Pools, Scott Joseph Ventura, individually and dba Ventura Pools, Microplasma Ozon...
2024.03.08 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 809
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.08
Excerpt: ...e and serve their answer to plaintiff's first amended complaint on or before March 18, 2024. Background : On February 28, 2023, plaintiff David McKay filed a complaint against defendants Hopp Technologies, Inc., (Hopp), Fabrice Allain (Fabrice), Antoine Allain (Antoine), Ratna Madeka (Madeka); Matt Barnes (Barnes), Khalid Taylor (Taylor), and Ray Young (Young) (collectively, defendants), alleging nine causes of action: (1) fraud; (2) civil conspi...
2024.03.08 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 736
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.08
Excerpt: ...ation of municipal ordinances. 3. Defendants' motion to strike is denied in its entirety. 4. Plaintiffs shall file and serve their third amended complaint no later than March 29, 2023. Background: This action commenced on June 27, 2023, by the filing of the complaint by plaintiffs Haley Christina Thomas and Alexandre Hort (collectively “plaintiffs”) against defendants Jill Dore Kent and Martin Mielko (collectively “defendants”) setting fo...
2024.03.08 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 348
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.03.08
Excerpt: ...use of action, first paragraph no. 1 (“For disgorgement of all sums paid under the illegal Construction Agreement”); prayer for relief, first cause of action, first paragraph no. 3 (“For attorney's fees”); and prayer for relief, second cause of action, second paragraph no. 2 (“For attorney's f e e s ”). (3) Leave to amend granted herein is limited to providing further allegations relating to any claim for disgorgement and or attorney'...
2024.02.23 Motion for Protective Order 181
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.23
Excerpt: ...f public property; (2) negligence; and (3) p r e m is e s lia b ilit y . As a lle g e d in t h e c o m p la in t : On February 28, 2021, plaintiff was riding his bicycle on Modoc Road north of the intersection with Ferrara Way in the City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, State of California when he encountered temporary cones changing the road configuration an d s h if t in g v e h ic le t r a f f ic in h is d ir e c t io n . (Co m p la...
2024.02.23 Motion for Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement 779
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.23
Excerpt: ...re st bre aks, (5) failure to indemnify necessary business expenses, (6) failure to timely pay final wages at termination, (7) failure to provide accurate itemized wages statements, and (8) unfair business practices. By stipulation filed May 6, 2022, the parties stipulated to permit plaintiff to file a First Amended Complaint. The First Amended Complaint (found in the court file only as an attachment to the stipulation permitting its filing), rea...
2024.02.23 Motion to Compel Further Responses 540
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.23
Excerpt: ... 115 will be limited in time to encompass 2021 to the date of production. 2. Ford shall provide further code -compliant verified responses, without objections other than as to privilege, no later than March 15, 2024. 3. Should any documents be withheld on claim of privilege, Ford shall s e r v e a p r iv ile g e lo g id e n t if y in g e a c h r e s p o n s iv e d o c u m e n t w it h h e ld on the grounds of privilege together with sufficient ad...
2024.02.23 Motion for Terminating Sanctions 848
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.23
Excerpt: ...iff's then -attorney moved to be relieved as counsel of record on July 13, 2022. Thereafter, on July 21, 2022, defendant served plaintiff with Form Interrogatories (Set 1), Special Interrogatories (Set 1), and a Request for Production of documents (Set 1). Although an extension of time to respond by September 22, 2022, was granted, no responses to the discovery were ever received. At a hearing conducted on September 30, 2022, plaintiff's attorney...
2024.02.23 Motion to Seal 679
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.23
Excerpt: ...ngs and specifically references paragraphs 34, 37, and 38 as the portions of the FAC to be placed under seal. The remainder of t he FAC w ill b e in c lu d e d in t h e p u b lic f ile . Background: This action commenced on August 23, 2023, by the filing of the original class - action complaint by plaintiff Jane Doe against defendant Cottage Health (“Cottage”) asserting causes of action for: (1) Violations of Penal Code section 630, et seq.; ...
2024.02.16 Motion to Deem RFAs Admitted, to Compel Responses 224
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.16
Excerpt: ...that request is denied. The Court's order compelling responses without objections is made without prej u d ic e to BMW's ability to file a properly supported motion for relief from its waiver of objections. If such a motion has been filed and served prior to March 7, 2024, the March 7, 2024, deadline for providing responses without objections will be deferred pending a ruling on the motion. Background : P la in t if f 's c o m p la in t , f ile d...
2024.02.16 Motion to Compel Further Responses, for Sanctions 556
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.16
Excerpt: ... in t if f ”) against her former employer Covenant Living West, Inc. (“defendant”) The complaint asserts seven causes of action as follows: (1) Failure to provide meal and rest periods. (2) Failure to pay overtime wages. (3) Failure to pay final wages. (4) Failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements. (5) Failure to pay wages when due. (6) Unfair Business Practices. (7) Unlawful retaliation. As alleged in the complaint: In April 201...
2024.02.16 Motion to Compel Further Responses 207
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.16
Excerpt: ... 1 , 2 0 2 4 , t h e p a r t ie s s h a ll s u b m it a jo in t r e p o r t , o r in d iv id u a l s t a t u s r e p o r t s , in accordance with this ruling. Background: Plaintiff Fernando Castro-Ra m ir e z f ile d a c o m p la in t in t h is m a t t e r o n O c t o b e r 2 6 , 2022, alleging five causes of action against defendant General Motors, LLC (GM): (1 ) v io la t io n o f Civ il Co d e s e c t io n 1 7 9 3 .2 , s u b d iv is io n (d );...
2024.02.16 Motion for Leave to File SAC, for Protective Order 089
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.16
Excerpt: ...2 ) As set forth herein, by the granting of leave to file a second amended complaint, the demurrer to the first amended complaint is moot and ordered off c a le n d a r . (3 ) For the reasons set forth herein, the motion of defendant for a protective order is denied. Plaintiffs' request for an award of monetary sanctions is denied. Background: On May 12, 2023, plaintiffs Alex Pananides, individually and as trustee of the Alexander Nicholas Panani...
2024.02.09 Motion to Compel Further Responses 266
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.09
Excerpt: ...heston Administrative Trust under the Cochran-Cheston Trust (the Administrative Trust), and as Trustee of the Bayshore Tower Apartments Trust (the Bayshore Trust) (collectively, plaintiff) filed a complaint against defendant Bayshore Housing, LLC. The complaint alleges three causes of action against defendant: (1) breach of contract; (2) breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and (3) declaratory relief. As alleged in the complaint...
2024.02.09 Demurrers, Motion to Stay 947
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.09
Excerpt: ... First Amended Complaint is overruled. 4. Defendants County of Santa Barbara and California Coastal Commission shall file and serve their answers to plaintiff's first amended complaint no later than February 29, 2024. Background: This action commenced on March 9, 2023, by the filing of the original petition and complaint by plaintiff Casa Blanca Beach Estates Owners' Association (“CBBEOA”) against defendant State of California ex rel. State L...
2024.02.09 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 369
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.09
Excerpt: ...rrer is overruled. (2) For all reasons set forth herein, defendant's motion to strike the fourth and fifth causes of action alleged in plaintiff's first amended complaint is denied. (3) Plaintiff shall file and serve her second amended complaint, if any, on or before February 20, 2024. (4) At the hearing on defendant's demurrer and motion to strike, the parties shall be prepared to discuss, in accordance with this ruling, consolidation of the pre...
2024.02.02 Motions to Compel, Application for Right to Attachment Order and Writs of Attachment, to Stay 886
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.02
Excerpt: ...ttend the hearing in this matter, either in-person or remotely, to discuss the scheduling of a further Case Management Conference. 3. Defendants' motions to compel further responses to discovery are taken off-calendar to be re-set for hearing after the stay is lifted. Background: This action was commenced on July 26, 2022, when plaintiff Mystica Fleury (Fleury) filed a complaint against defendants Byron Richard Tarnutzer (aka Rick Tarnutzer), Von...
2024.02.02 Motion to Compel Arbitration 691
Location: Santa Barbara
Judge: Geck, Donna
Hearing Date: 2024.02.02
Excerpt: ... (“Trident”), and SCI Shared Services (“SCI”) containing seven causes of action: (1) Recovery of Unpaid Overtime Wages; (2) Failure to Provide Meal Periods; (3) Failure to Provide Rest Periods; (4) Failure to Timely Furnish Accurate Itemized Wage Statements; (5) Violation of Labor Code section 203; (6) Unfair Business Practices; and (7) Disability Discrimination. Plaintiff alleges that defendants are her former employers, and she was empl...

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