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2025.07.21 Motion to Compel Mediation and Arbitration, Stay Case Pending Arbitration 881
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.21
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.21
Excerpt: ... webpage for more information 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 ...
2025.07.21 Motion for Summary Judgment 217
Location: Ventura
Judge: McKaig, Ronda 42
Hearing Date: 2025.07.21
Location: Ventura
Judge: McKaig, Ronda 42
Hearing Date: 2025.07.21
Excerpt: ...hed except N os. 34, 36 (as to tire marks only) and 39. Plaintiff Michelle Christopherson's Alleged Material Facts: Plaintiff's Additional Material Fact Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are disputed but established in part. The City admits there were no inspections on the date of the alleged accident, but the characterization of the lack of inspections as “unreasonable” by Plaintiff is disputed. It is established only that the City conducted no inspections o...
2025.07.18 Demurrer to SAC 409
Location: Ventura
Judge: Buehner, Charmaine H. 21
Hearing Date: 2025.07.18
Location: Ventura
Judge: Buehner, Charmaine H. 21
Hearing Date: 2025.07.18
Excerpt: ...) The Court exercises its discretion to consider the oversized memorandum in this instance. Plaintiff is reminded that he must comply with all applicable procedures and rules, even though he is self -represented. Judicial Notice: Defendant's request for judicial notice is GRANTED. Plaintiff's request for judicial notice is GRANTED IN PART as to Exhibits B and H, and DENIED IN PART as to Exhibits A, C -G, and I -J. Uncertainty: Defendant's demurre...
2025.07.17 Motion to Quash Service of Summons 250
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.17
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.17
Excerpt: ...ash Service of Summons for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Tentative Ruling: T he Court intends to rule as follows: Plaintiffs' and Defendants' requests for judicial notice are GRANTED. These are court documents pursuant to Evidence Code section 452, subdivision (d)(1) and request for judicial notice is appropriately granted. However, “[t]akingjudicialnoticeof a document is not the same as accepting thetruthof itscontentsor accepting a particular...
2025.07.16 Motion to Increase Amount of Undertaking 086
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.16
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.16
Excerpt: ...ns. Co. of Los Angeles, 37 Cal.2d 808 (1951) is misplaced. Here, the operative instrument is a writ of possession on personal property, not a writ of attachment on real estate. As such, the undertaking is governed by Cal. Code Civ. Proc. section 515.010(a) and was properly ordered in the amount of $60,000. Thus, this motion is properly denied. Discussion: Legal Standard An undertaking is usually required on Writs, and was ordered in this case in ...
2025.07.16 Motion to Consolidate Cases 909
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.16
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.16
Excerpt: ...s appearances by CourtCall and Zoom. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no l ater than 8:20 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 Courtroom...
2025.07.16 Motion for Leave to File FAC 183
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.16
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.16
Excerpt: ...g documents to the Court by July 21, 2025. Counsel for Plaintiff to give notice of the Court's ruling. Analysis: Motions for Leave to Amend “The court may, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, allow a party to amend any pleading…” (Code Civ. Pro., § 473, subd. (a)(1).) Further, “[a]ny judge, at any time before or after commencement of trial, in the furtherance of justice, and upon such terms as may be proper, ma...
2025.07.15 Motion to Set Aside, Vacate Default 599
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.15
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.15
Excerpt: ...pearing by C ourtCall, 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 [email protected] with a simultaneo...
2025.07.15 Motion to Deem RFAs Admitted 009
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.15
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.15
Excerpt: ...bout 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 [email protected]...
2025.07.15 Motion to Compel Responses 257
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.15
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.15
Excerpt: ...onses, Witho ut Objections to Form Interrogatories; Request for Monetary Sanctions (Defendant Alia Tsang) (Opposed) Tentative Ruling: Plaintiff Stoney Donelson's Motions to Compel Responses, Without Objections to Form Interrogatories; Request for Sanctions is CONTINUED to July 29, 2025. Plaintiff's counsel Mr. Verdun to re -serve the discovery at issue on defense counsel Mr. Bauer. If responses are served before the next hearing date, the motions...
2025.07.14 Motion to Compel Compliance with Notice to Attend Trial and Produce Docs 694
Location: Ventura
Judge: McKaig, Ronda 42
Hearing Date: 2025.07.14
Location: Ventura
Judge: McKaig, Ronda 42
Hearing Date: 2025.07.14
Excerpt: ... Tentative R uling: The Court grants the motions in part, subject to a finding by the jury that there is a legal basis to award punitive damages against Defendants Spence and White. Plaintiffs Mark Douglas and Matthew LaPointe bring identical motions seeking an order compelling Defendants Stephen White and Brian Spence to comply with notices to attend trial and produce documents pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1987, subdivision (c). T...
2025.07.14 Demurrer to Complaint 431
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.14
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.14
Excerpt: ...tiffs sufficie ntly allege a claim for fraudulent inducement of the sale of the Vehicle based on Ford's alleged failure to disclose a known and serious Transmission Defect in the subject vehicle to Plaintiffs prior to or at the time of purchase of the Vehicle, and (ii) Ford fails to establish that the fraudulent inducement claim is barred by the economic loss rule or the “traditional separation of contract and tort law” because neither the ec...
2025.07.11 Motion to Compel Responses, for Monetary Sanctions 519
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.11
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.11
Excerpt: ...efendant Dri ving Systems, Inc.'s Responses to Requests for Production of Documents is GRANTED as unopposed. Defendant is ordered to serve Plaintiff with its Code -compliant, objection -free, and verified initial responses and document production in response to Requests for Production of Documents, Set One within no later than twenty (20) days after of notice of the Court's ruling. Plaintiff's request for monetary sanctions is GRANTED in the redu...
2025.07.11 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement 684
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.11
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.11
Excerpt: ...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 [email protected] with a simultaneous copy to all other counsel/selfrepresented parties no later than...
2025.07.10 Motion to Tax Costs 810
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Excerpt: ...server fees and deposition -related costs — primarily subpoenas for business records. These categories of expenses are expressly permitted by statute and were reasonably necessary for the defense of this negligence action. Similarly, the court reporter fees are statutorily authorized. Ralphs has provided invoices substantiating these charges, which generally correspond to the trial hours reflected in the Court's Minute Orders dated April 30, 20...
2025.07.10 Motion for Summary Judgment 906
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Location: Ventura
Judge: Coats, Benjamin 43
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Excerpt: ...ances. If appearing by CourtCall, call in no later than 8:30 a.m. If you wis h 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 [email protected] with ...
2025.07.10 Motion for Summary Adjudication 397
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Excerpt: ..., 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 21 are disputed and not established for the purposes of the motion. • UMF No. 16 is undisputed and established for the purposes of the motion. • UMF Nos. 17, 18 are established for the purpose of the motion. • UMF Nos. 19, 20 are partially disputed. As to UMF No. 19, the Court find that the County had a duty to care for Plaintiff while she was in the Pugh foster home is established, and this fact as t...
2025.07.10 Demurrer 957
Location: Ventura
Judge: Borrell, Mark S 40
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Location: Ventura
Judge: Borrell, Mark S 40
Hearing Date: 2025.07.10
Excerpt: ... decision, y ou 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 counsel. Do not ...
2025.07.09 OSC Re Contempt 875
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.09
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.09
Excerpt: ...CourtCall, y ou 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 p.m. th...
2025.07.09 Motion to Compel Further Responses 023
Location: Ventura
Judge: Borrell, Mark S 40
Hearing Date: 2025.07.09
Location: Ventura
Judge: Borrell, Mark S 40
Hearing Date: 2025.07.09
Excerpt: ...s adopted by the court. No notice of intent to appear is required. If 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 c...
2025.07.08 Motion to Transfer Related Case 153
Location: Ventura
Judge: Buehner, Charmaine H. 21
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Location: Ventura
Judge: Buehner, Charmaine H. 21
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Excerpt: ... additional named Plaintiffs against Defendant, Jazzberry Digital Solutions, Inc., for fraud. Plaintiffs are individuals who invested in securities offered by Jazzberry Digital Solutions Inc., a corporation headquartered in Simi Valley, based on misrepresentations made primarily by its CEO, Brek Snyder. Plaintiffs allege that beginning in 2021, Snyder, on behalf of Jazzberry, solicited investments from California residents by offering promissory ...
2025.07.08 Motion to Enforce Settlement 249
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Location: Ventura
Judge: Ortega, Carla J 41
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Excerpt: ...RANTED. For good cause shown, relief is proper per Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6. Judgment is entered against defendant Raul Montolfo in the amount of $4,500.00. Plaintiff Jacob Pollon's Request for Sanctions is DENIED. The moving party has not complied with the procedural requirements of either Code of Civil Procedure sections 128.5 and/or 128.7 nor are sanctions a proper remedy under the circumstances. Order signed and filed this date M...
2025.07.08 Motion to Bifurcate Trial 565
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Excerpt: ...rrangements 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 court day before the hear...
2025.07.08 Motion for Leave to File FAC 124
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Location: Ventura
Judge: Houska, Maureen M 20
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Excerpt: ...Call, you mu st 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 cou...
2025.07.08 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement 486
Location: Ventura
Judge: Buehner, Charmaine H. 21
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Location: Ventura
Judge: Buehner, Charmaine H. 21
Hearing Date: 2025.07.08
Excerpt: ...on for Determi nation of Good Faith Settlement is GRANTED. The court finds that the settlement between Plaintiffs and Defendants S -H OPCO Camarillo, LLC dba Brookdale Camarillo and Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc., meets the requirements of Tech -Bilt, Inc. v. Woodward -Clyde & Associates (1985) 38 Cal.3d 488. Background: This is an action for elder abuse and neglect, and related claims. Plaintiffs Irma Contreras, Julian Contreras, and ...