Excerpt: ...original com plaint on June 6, 2024. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) The Court denies the request for the court to take judicial notice of the following: (a) No proceeding for the administration of the Estate of Michael Owens was initiated in this Court before this lawsuit was filed; and (b) This Court has not appointed a personal representative for the Estate. Defendants City of Oxnard's and Manuel Garcia's Demurrer to the First Amended Complai...

Excerpt: ...of Records o f Target Corporation, or in the Alternative, For A Protective Order Tentative: Plaintiff's Motion to Quash Subpoenas or in the Alternative, for a Protective Order is GRANTED. The subject subpoenas issued to Dollar Tree Stores, Inc, FedEx Corporation and Target Corporation are quashed. Plaintiff's request for monetary sanctions is DENIED. Plaintiff's counsel shall give notice. Discussion: A plaintiff who alleges an invasion of privacy...

Excerpt: ... required. I f you wish to submit on the tentative decision, you may notify the court by email to [email protected]. Please include the hearing date, the case name and case number in the message. You must include all counsel and self -represented parties on your message. The court will not respond to your email. Do not use this email address for any other purpose without the court's express permission. Do not include the court in ...

Excerpt: ...NIED. Plaint iff shall give notice. Background: This Complaint was filed on October 18, 2024, by Capital One, N.A. (“Plaintiff”) against Levent Akaykin (“Defendant”) alleging that Defendant was indebted to Plaintiff in the amount of $17,961.68. The Complaint pleads a cause of action for common counts. Defendant was served with the summons and complaint on January 20, 2025. On April 10, 2025, Defendant's default was entered. A Clerk's Judg...

Excerpt: ...on the tenta tive decision, you may notify the court by email to [email protected]. Please include the hearing date, the case name and case number in the message. You must include all counsel and self -represented parties on your message. The court will not respond to your email. Do not use this email address for any other purpose without the court's express permission. Do not include the court in any email communications between ...

Excerpt: ...Renee”) Motion for Leave of Court to Withdraw Deemed Admitted Status to Requests for Admission Propounded by Attorney for Defendant California Automobile Insurance Company is GRANTED. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2033.300.) As a result of Plaintiffs' showing of a excusable neglect, they shall be permitted to withdraw the admissions resulting from their prior failure to timely provide their initial responses to Requests for Admissions, Set One. Pursuant...

Excerpt: ... and Lab. Cod e, § 558.1. (Unopposed) Tentative Ruling: The Court is inclined to GRANT the motion.. Grounds: Plaintiff Arnulfo De Jesus Saavedra moves to amend the judgment entered on August 22, 2024, in this wage -and -hour class action against Defendant Success Valley Farms LLC (“SVF”) to add four individuals — Jim Mayhawk, Marcoelle Monahan, Backus Nahas, and James Nahas — as additional judgment debtors under Code of Civil Procedure s...

Excerpt: ...for reconsideration i s DENIED. CC Amulet has failed to show new or different facts, circumstances, or law. The Court received and reviewed all supplemental papers — including CC Amulet's filing on May 9, 2025 — before issuing the minute order on May 12, 2025. This is reflected in the filing date stamp on the face of the supplemental brief, and the fact that the Court's minute order expressly references arguments raised in CC Amulet's supplem...

Excerpt: ...t as well as the facts requested to be notice as there does not appear to be any dispute as to their veracity. The Court finds that the allegations in the Second Amended Complaint are sufficiently pled as to a prima facie case for the causes of action asserted. The Court further finds that the allegations are not contradicted by any allegations in the prior complaints. Defendant's demurrer is OVERRULED. Background: On January 30, 2025, plaintiff ...

Excerpt: ...orth the gen eral procedures for settlement of a class action. The Court has wide discretion in determining whether a proposed settlement is fair and reasonable: “‘“‘[T]o prevent fraud, collusion or unfairness to the class, the settlement or dismissal of a class action requires court approval.'”” [Citations.] The court must determine the settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable. [Citations.] The purpose of the requirement is ‘th...

Excerpt: ...s. Chen must appear for a deposition on a mutually agreeable date for all pa rties, and she must make herself available for five or seven hours, depending upon which option Plaintiff decides upon as detailed below. Plaintiff may conclude the deposition in less than the allotted time, and the parties may mutually agree to extend the deposition session beyond the allotted time. At Ms. Chen's election the deposition may be conducted over two days, s...

Excerpt: ... Ruling: Def endant Victoria Ruffin's Motion to Bifurcate the Punitive Damages Phase of Trial and/or in the Alternative, For Hearing Pursuant to Evidence Code Section 402 is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Defendant's request to sever the issue of liability for punitive damages from the liability and damages phase of trial is DENIED. (Civ. Code, 3295, subd. (d).) However, the Court will bifurcate the issue of the amount of punitive damages, i...

Excerpt: ...lidating thi s action with the related action, case no. 2025CUBC037129. Accordingly, the two actions shall be kept separate. Counsel for the opposing parties to give notice of the Court's ruling. Background: This landlord -tenant dispute concerns allegations of substandard living conditions at the property located at 4431 Dallas Drive, Apartment F in Oxnard. In August 2018, Priscilla Segura, Christopher Lopez, Genesis Lopez, and Christopher Lopez...

Excerpt: ... to strike is DE NIED. Background: This action arises from the allegedly erroneous classification of a residential unit as low income housing. On March 28, 2025, Plaintiff filed a “VERIFIED PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF; NO AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTION ON TITLE, MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. DECLARATION OF CAROLA L. BUHAY.” Defendant Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura, erroneously sued as Ventura Housing Authority (“HA...

Excerpt: ...ear by Court Call, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with a simultaneous copy to all other counsel/selfrepresented parties no later than 3:00 ...

Excerpt: ...tayed pendin g competition of arbitration. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1281.4.) The Court sets a status conference re: arbitration for January 2, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 41. The parties are ordered to file and serve a declaration regarding the status of arbitration at least seven days before the status conference. Background: The complaint, filed on January 6, 2025, alleges disability discrimination, failure to provide reasonable accommodation, ...

Excerpt: ...ions of section 128.7. Service of a formal, noticed motion of intent to seek sanctions is required in order to comply with provision of Code of Civil Procedure governing s anctions, and informal notice of an intent to seek sanctions in the future cannot serve as a substitute for required formal notice. (Barnes v. Department of Corrections (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 126, 131 -132.) Defendant's email sent to Plaintiff on April 7, 2025, does not satisfy ...

Excerpt: ...rney's fees in the amount of $500 is GRANTED. Plaintiff's motion to strike the memorandum of costs is DENIED. Background: This limited civil action arises from a landlord -tenant dispute regarding the retention of funds from a security deposit. Plaintiff Gloria Gonzalez (“Plaintiff”) filed the complaint against Defendants on December 20, 2023, asserting causes of action for: (1) unlawful retention of security deposit (Civ. Code, § 1950.5), (...

Excerpt: ...vil Procedure, section 659. Notice to be provided by Cross -Complainants. Analysis: “The right to a new trial is purely statutory, and a motion for a new trial can be granted only on one of the grounds enumerated in the statute.” (Fomco, Inc. v. Joe Maggio, Inc. (1961) 55 Cal.2d 162, 166.) Further, “[n]o judgment shall be set aside, or new trial granted, in any cause, on the ground of misdirection of the jury, or of the improper admission o...

Excerpt: ...tive Rulings: W rit of Possession: The Court finds that MBFS has met the requirements for a writ of possession and the application is GRANTED to the extent it seeks an order for writ of possession of the Vehicle. No undertaking is required to be posted by MBFS. Cross -Defendant Sonkey may stay MBFS from taking possession with a redelivery undertaking in the amount of $122,000. Cross - Defendant Sonkey's motion for stay of application for writ of ...

Excerpt: ...ding settlement agreement between the parties, and pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6, Plaintiff is entitled to having judgment entered against Defendant Farming First Holdings LLC in the sum of $10,049.49, inclusive of costs and fees. Counsel is instructed to lodge a proposed judgment for the Court's signature. Counsel for the moving party to give notice of the Court's ruling. Background: This limited -civil collections action was...

Excerpt: ...er attorneys. 2) Cross -Complainant Peter Joseph Renders' Motion to Compel Cross -Defendant Karen Richards' Answers to Request for Production of Documents, Set One and Request for Sanctions in the amount of $2,685 against Karen Richards and her attorneys. 3) Cross -Complainant Peter Joseph Renders' Motion to Deem The Truth of Matters Specified in Cross -Complainant's Request for Admissions, Set One, Served on Cross -Defendant Karen Richards; Requ...

Excerpt: ...all, you mus t make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at [email protected] with a simultaneous copy to all other counsel/selfrepresented parties no later than 3:00 p.m. the cour...

Excerpt: ...ended Complaint by no later than June 30, 2025. Counsel for Plaintiff to give notice of the Court's ruling. Background: This action concerns the real property located at 220 Harding Avenue in Oxnard. Carmen Magallon (the “Plaintiff”) first acquired the subject property in 1963 along with her husband, who died in 1987. In 2003, when she was 73, Plaintiff was convinced by her daughter Rosaysela Magallon (the “Defendant”) to transfer title t...

Excerpt: ...e informatio n about remote appearances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wish to appear by CourtCall, you must make arrangements with CourtCall by 4:00 p.m. the court day before your scheduled hearing. Requests for approval of a CourtCall appearance made on the morning of the hearing will not be granted. No exceptions will be made. For Zoom appearances, all counsel appearing by Zoom must email the court at Courtr...