Excerpt: ...a im s ATTO RN EYS : Fo r P la in t iff Ta lia Ke e lin g : Piya Mukherjee, Nicholas J. De Blouw For Defenda nt Vict oria 's Secret St ores, LLC. : Jennifer F. D e la r o s a , P h illip J . Es ke n a zi TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : Defendants' Motion to Compel Individual Arbitration is granted. Th e representative PAGA claims are ordered stayed pending the completion of arbitration. Background: This action commenced on December 19, 2023, by plaintiff T...

Excerpt: ...presented TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : The motion for summary judgment of plaintiff Anatega Partners, LLC, is denied. Background: Plaintiff Anatega Partners, LLC (APL), filed this unlawful detainer action against defendant Peter Lance (Lance) on February 28, 2024. As alleged in the complaint, APL and Lance entered into a fixed -term lease on February 6, 2020, for premises owned by pla intiff and located at 112 East Ortega Street, Unit #207, within the c...

Excerpt: ...al Interrogatories, Set One, and Request For Sanctions Against Defendant And Defendant's Counsel (3) Motion To Compel Further Responses To Form Interrogatories, Set One, and Request For Sanctions Against Defendant And Defendant's Counsel (4) Motion To Compel Further Responses To Requests For Production Of Documents, Set One, and Request For Sanctions Against Defendant ATTO RN EYS : For Plaintiff Renee Yancheck: Bradley S. Wallace, Thomas R. Burns...

Excerpt: ...ven Lopez : Mark Cardona, Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : The demurrer of defendants to plaintiff's complaint is sustained with leave to amend. Plaintiff shall file and serve any first amended complaint on or before April 22, 2024. Background : On January 19, 2024, plaintiff Leticia Castillo filed a complaint for unlawful detainer against defendants Natalie Aguirre and Deven Lopez (collectively, defendants). As ...

Excerpt: ...& Martin for plaintiffs R. Sc o t t Turicchi and Lannette C. Turicchi Randy Quaid and Evgenia Quaid are currently in pro per TEN TATIVE RULIN G : For the reasons articulated below, the Court will strike the special motion to strike, based upon its extraordinary untimeliness, finding that it would be an abuse of the Court's discretion to hearing the motion on its merits under the circumst ance s which are present in this case. Background : This ac...

Excerpt: ...r Pla int iff Employers Assura nce Co m p a n y : Tim o t h y Ca r l Air e s For Defendant Santa Barbara Shellfish Co m p a n y : No appearance For Defendant Death Star, LLC : No appearance TEN TATIVE RULIN G : P la in t if f 's m o t io n is d e n ie d . Background: This action was commenced on August 4, 2023, by the filing of the complaint by plaintiff Employers Assurance Company (“EAC”) against defendants Santa Barbara S h e llf is h C o ....

Excerpt: ...red on January 5, 2024, and the default judgment by court entered on January 26, 2024, are vacated and set aside. Background: Plaintiff Ismael Beserra filed his original complaint against defendant Daniel Stehno on June 5, 2023. On July 21, 2023, defendant filed a demurrer to the complaint filed by plaintiff, setting the hearing on the demurrer for August 28, 2023. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (the FAC) on August 21, 2023. On August ...

Excerpt: ... : Robert S. Kennard and Daniel Soo For Defendant Daniel B. Sperling : No Appearance TENTATIVE RULING : Plaintiff Bank of America N.A.'s motion for order setting aside dismissal and for entry of judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6 is denied. Background: This action commenced on September 27, 2019, by the filing of the complaint by plaintiff Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”) against defendant Daniel B. Sperling (“defendan...

Excerpt: ...kground: This action commenced on January 7, 2022, by the filing of an unlawful detainer complaint by plaintiff Raymond Briare (“plaintiff”) against his son, defendant Timothy Briare (“defendant”). By way of the original complaint, plaintiff alleges that defendant resides at premises located at 7149 Armstrong Rd., Goleta. (Complaint, ¶¶ 1 -3.) On October 1, 2019, defendant agreed to rent the premises on a month- to-month tenancy, for $0...

Excerpt: ...n C. Von Dollen , individually and dba De lw ic h e & Vo n Do lle n : Michael McCarthy, Kenny C. Brooks, Nemecek & Cole TEN TATIVE RULIN G : The motion of defendant Steven C. Von Dollen, individually and dba Delwiche & Von Dollen for summary judgment is denied. Background: In their operative pleading, the first amended complaint (FAC), plaintiffs Joseph Bo h n e t t a n d Sa n d y Bo h n e t t (c o lle c t iv e ly , p la in t if f s ) a lle g e :...

Excerpt: ...ss -Complainants Viranda Singh, Rehanna Singh, and The V. Singh Family Living Trust, UTD, 1 1 / 2 9 / 2 0 0 4 : Robert L. Sco t t TEN TATIVE RU LIN G: Plaintiff and cross -defendant Jason Leggitt's anti -SLAPP motion is granted as to the sixth cause of action contained in the Singh's cross -c o m p la in t f o r interference with prospective advantage, and that cause of action is stricken. Background: This action commenced on July 20, 2022, by th...

Excerpt: ... int iff Cody Pa rker: Jonathan Melmed, Megan E. Ross, Hannah Becker, Melmed Law Group P.C. For Defendant The Clary Group, L.L.C. : Douglas J. Farmer, Allison J. Fernandez, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. For Defendant JBS Energy Solutions California LLC: David D. Cardone, Bradley A. Lebow, Adam J. Yarbrough, Dunn DeSantis Walt & Kendrick TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : Plaintiff's motion for an order granting preliminary approval of class a...

Excerpt: ...l La w y e r s For De fe nda nt Aysh a Da vis : Christ ophe r P. W e sie rski, Kat hryn J. Harve y, W e sie rski & Z u r e k LLP For Opposing Nonpart y Wawanesa General Insurance Company : Peter H. Klee, Thomas R. Proctor, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : The motion of plaintiffs to transfer and consolidate is denied without prejudice. Background: Th is a c t io n a r is e s f r o m a m o t o r v e h ic le c o llis io...

Excerpt: ...demand), set eight; (2) responses by defendant Moseley to plaintiff's requests for production of documents (inspection demand), set nine; and (3) responses by defendant Moseley to plaintiff's spec ia l in t e r r o g a t o r ie s , s e t f o u r . The remaining seven motions were filed by moving party plaintiff People on February 7, with an original hearing date of April 15. These motions are motions to compel: (4) responses by defendant Moseley ...

Excerpt: ...a : Se lf -Represented For Defendant Ms. Gooch's Nat ural Food Market s, Inc. dba Whole Food s Ma rke t , Stephanie Botello, Julisa Perez, Makenzie Champion, Jacob Foley, Da nie lle Ive rson, Ge orge La za ro, Ka t hy Wise , Silvia Brown, a n d Sylvia Silva : Matthew E. Bennett TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : Plaintiff's motion for leave to file second amended complaint is denied. Background: Plaintiff Susan Lea (“Lea”) filed her original verified comp...

Excerpt: ...er Entrekin TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : The demurrer to plaintiff's complaint is sustained without leave to amend. Background: This action was commenced on January 18, 2024, by the filing of the complaint for unlawful detainer by Blue Horizon Property Management Company (“Plaintiff”) against Lana Perfect (“Defendant”). The complaint alleges that defendant has been renting premises located at 1711 De La Vina Street, Unit B, Santa Barbara, within...

Excerpt: ... shall file and serve her second amended complaint no later than March 22, 2023. c. Plaintiff may remove causes of action but may not add any new causes of action without first following the proper procedure for doing so. 2 . D e f e n d a n t 's m o t io n t o s t r ike p o r t io n s o f p la in t if f 's f ir s t a m e n d e d c o m p la in t is taken off-calendar as moot. Background: On June 7, 202, plaintiff Sheba Lux, trustee of the Sheba L...

Excerpt: ... the motion of defendants Hope Ranch Park Homes Association, Marco Del Chiaro, and Jill Van Zebroeck for summary a d ju d ic a t io n is d e n ie d in it s e n t ir e t y . Background: (Note: Plaintiff and cross-defendant Max Liskin, Trustee of the Max Liskin Trust dated July 18, 2003, is referred to herein as Liskin or plaintiff. Defendant and cross -complainant Creciente, LLC, and defendants Marc A. Lowe, and Pauline Lo w e a r e c o lle c t iv...

Excerpt: ...intiff's second amended complaint no later than March 22, 2024. Background: On June 27, 2022, plaintiff Danielle Sue Blum (Blum) filed her original complaint in this matter alleging one cause of action against the California Department of Parks and Recreation (the Department) for dangerous condition of public property. On November 28, 2022, Blum filed a first amended complaint (the FAC) against the Department alleging the same sole cause of actio...

Excerpt: ...en), Trustees of the Shevitz Family Trust, Dated August 6, 2013 (c o lle c t iv e ly, p la in t if fs ), f ile d a c o m p la in t fo r s p e c if ic p e r f o r m a n c e a n d d a m a g e s against defendants Bradley G. Vernon, Shannon Vernon, Shaun Lynch (Lynch), and Evoke Design, Inc. (Evoke), alleging five causes of action: (1) breach of contract – specific performance; (2) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) neg...

Excerpt: ...Gerard Pepe : Ale xa n d e r En t r e kin , Le g a l Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : The motion to strike of defendant Gerard Pepe is granted, in part, with leave to amend. The following matters shall be stricken from plaintiff's complaint: “late fees pursuant to Lease” appearing in paragraph 19(i)(2) of the complaint. Except as otherwise herein granted, the motion to strike of defendant is denied. Defendant shall...

Excerpt: ...greement (CCP § 664.6.) ATTO RN EYS : Fo r P la in t iff Ba n k o f Am e r ic a , N.A. : Robert S. Kennard and Daniel Soo For Defendant Adam Deshaies : No Appearance TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : The motion of plaintiff Bank of America N.A. for an order setting aside dismissal and for entry of judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6 is denied. Background: This action commenced on February 8, 2022, by the filing of the complaint by pla...

Excerpt: .... 21CV04978 consolidated with Case No. 20CV02833 He aring Dat e : February 26, 2024 M ATTER : Defendants' Motion For Terminating Sanctions or, Alternatively, Issue and/ or Evidentiary Sanctions and for Imposition of Monetary Sanctions Against Plaintiff Jesse Zaragoza ATTO RN EYS : Fo r P la in t iff a n d Cr o s s -Defendant Jesse Zaragoza: Se lf Represented For Defendant s AG Roots, LLC, Heirloom Valley LLC, Wil Crummer, Jack Crummer, Keith Crum...

Excerpt: ..., Daniel J. Podolsky, Koron & Podolsky, LLP For Defendants County of Ventura, Blake D. Heller, Miles Weiss, Lisa O. Lyytikainen, Andrew Sullivant , and Rachelle H. Dean : Elizabeth T. Arce, Dana L. Se g a l, Lie b e r t Ca s s id y W h it m o r e TEN TATIVE RU LIN G : The demurrer of defendants County of Ventura, Blake D. Heller, Miles Weiss, Lisa O. Lyytikainen, Andrew Sullivant, and Rachelle H. Dean to the third cause of action (harassment) of ...

Excerpt: ...defendant Dorothy M. Austin. Plaintiff shall submit a corrected proposed judgment in accordance with this ruling and shall give notice of the court's ruling to defendant at all known physical or electronic mailing addresses. Background: Plaintiff Jason E. Colbert filed a complaint in this matter on September 15, 2017, seeking damages in the amount of $48,500 from defendant, Dorothy M. Austin (Austin), who is plaintiff's maternal aunt. Plaintiff's...