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ROBERT S. FINK, Esq, - CBA 65787
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ROBERT S. FINK, A Professional Corporation
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6404 l,iilshire Blvd., Suite 1001
Los Angeles, CA 90048-5512
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Telephone (323) 653-3030
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Attorney for Pfaintiffs Yana Yudelevich & Roman Shukman
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IN THE SUPER]OR COURT OE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OE SANTA BARBARA
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10 YANA YUDELEV]CH, ROMAN SHUKMAN Case No. 21CV05038
11 Plaintiffs, NOTICE OF MOTTON AND
Vs, MOT]ON FOR ORDER
12 TRANSFERRING CASE TO
MAR]NA RESORT INVESTORS, LP et APPROPR]ATE COURT (CHANGE
i3 ^1 OF VENUE) ; POINTS AND
AUTHOR]TIES, DECLARATIONS
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Defendants. OF ROBERT S. EINK AND
1) YANA YUDELEVICH IN
SUPPORT THEREOF, AND
l6 IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
17 DATE: ,Jufy L3, 2022
TIME:10:00 a. m.
18 DEPT:3
19 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 1_3, 2022, at 10:00 a.n.,
20 or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard in the
21 Department 3 of the above-entitfed court, plaintiffs yana
22 Yudelevich and Roman Shukman wiff move the court for an
z.) order transferring this act.ion from the Superior Court of
24 the State of California, Count.V of Sant.a Barbara to the
25 Superior Court of the State of Cafifornia, Countv of San
26 Bernardino. This motion is made pursuant to the Cafifornia
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27 Code of Civil Procedure Section 397 (c) . ho
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NOTICE OE MOTION AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSEERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OE
VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORIT]ES; DECI,ARATIONS OF ROBERT S. EINK AND YANA YUDE1EVICH IN
SUPPORT THEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
1 This motion is made upon l-ho .rrnrrnri fhet l-ha nh.anna nf
2 venue woul-d promote both the convenience of wi t.nesses and
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4 whi ch is f he srrlriect of this action, occurred at Big Bear
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6 wi fnesscs ,arF l..)..atFd.
7 This motion is based on this notice, the memorandum of
8 point.s and authorities, and the decfarations of Robert S.
o Fink and Yana YudeLevich attached hereto, upon all records
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ROBERT NK
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NOTICE OE MOTION AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSEERING CASE TO APPROPR]ATE COURT (CHANGE OF
VENUE),. PO]NTS AND AUTHORITIESi DEC],ARATIONS OF ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDEIJEVTCH IN
SUPPORT THEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
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PO]NTS AND AUTHORITIES
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Plaintiff Yana YudeLevich was injured while being a
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naid orresf af M^rina RiViera hOtef l_OCa.ecl 40??0 , v utY rr
Ri Rcar
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Blvd., Big Bear Lake, California. California Code of CiviI
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Procedure Section 395 (a) provides thaL "lilf the action is
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for inirrrrr f.\ no-s.\n .r nor<^nA l nr^nartlr
yr vyL ! L)' frnm rrrnnafrr't
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naal i aanaa +ha ctlh^FiOr COUrt in either fhe .o nl-v whero rhc
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injury occurs ... or the county where the defendanLs or some of
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them reside at the conmencement of the actionf is a proper court
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for the trial of the action."
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Pfaintiffs Yana Yudefevich and Roman Shukman, both res.idents
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of T.os Angeles Countyf inadvertently brought this action at the
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h.^t-6^+i h^ +1r^ '^nr i^able stat.uLe of IimitaFi.,rnqrrr or -ha\/
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that no further litigation woufd be required. Santa Barbara
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County is where the corporate owners of the Marina Riv-iera hotel
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reside. None of t.he corporate owners were percipient witnesses
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t-ha ^Fh6r h.h^ most wit.nesses to the cr/enj- s nra^ariiurrrv
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incident in question and its aftermath are residents of San
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Berna.rdino County, and some are residents of Los Angeles County.
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M.)rpn\rar. l-hc Mari na Ri \ricra h^fFl tha Fha i ni,ry.,
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incident. itse]f, is located in Big Bear l,ake, San Bernardino
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County.
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California Code of Civil Procedure Section 397 states in
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of trial in the following cases: ... (c) [w] hen the convenience of
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NOTICE OE MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSEERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OF
VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; DECLARATIONS OF ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDELEVICII TN
SUPPORT THEREOE, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
1 witnesses and Lhe ends of jusLice would be promored by the
2 change , "
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The convenience of witnesses is shown by the fact thaL
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the residence of the witnesses is in the county to which the
6 transfer of the cause of action is requested. (Harden v.
Ski nnar t Lr:mm.\nd /1 q55\ 1?O ar'l . Anh
nvy, )A 1c:.i -7c.A 1'1o
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8 P.2d 918). The distance between Big Bear Lake and Santa Barbara
9 is approximately 186 miles, and it takes afmost four hours to
10 drive from Chis mountain resort t.o Lhe city of Santa Barbara.
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errqrrYE of rronrra r^riI
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IJ direct facts set forth in the affidavits buL afso on any
t4 reasonabfe and refevant inference arising therefrom.
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(Harden v. Skinner & Hamrnond (1955) 130 Caf App. 2d 68, 69,
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2Ll P2d 157), Thus, trying this case in Santa Barbara woul_d be
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seriously inconvenient to the witnesses and, thus, defeat the
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anrle irrct i na
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20 Based on the foregoing/ Plaintiffs Yana yudelevich and Roman
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Shukman request an order for a change of venue from the Superior
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NOTICE OE MOTTON AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO APPROPR]ATE COURT (CHANGE OF
VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORIT]ES; DECLARATIONS OF ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDEI,EVTCH IN
SUPPORT TIIEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
1 DECIARATION OF ROBERT S. FINK
2 I, Robert S. Fink, decfare as f ol,lows:
3 1. My name is Robert S, Fink, and I am an attorney .[or
4 Plaintiffs Yana Yudefevich and Roman Shukman. f have
5 personal knowledge of the matters stated except those stated
6 on information and belief, which I believe to be true, If
7 r:al Ied ancl swnrn - T COuld and wOUfd COn^^fanl- l t, -ac+if' F^
8 l-ha f a1 1 auri nn f rn1- c
9 2. This action was filed by Plaintiffs who are residents
10 .\f 1..\q An.ra I ae f-.\rrnf
vvsrrL \/)lin Pra Par
11 3. On ApriJ, 4, 2022, f agreed to be substituted as an
12 attorney of record in this action for Plaintiffs Yana
13 Yudel-evich and Roman Shukman.
T4 4. After I reviewed the facts of the case and the
15 arra ' l:l-rl c crri danna I determined that Sar BFrnar..li!,vno Corrnl-
LvurrLy rz
16 is an appropriate venue for this case as most of the
17 witnesses and the incident scene are focated in the City of
Rid Ra.r T..La q.h Rarhrr^ih^ .^,rh{- t'
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20 r rlanl:ra rrnnar {-h6 nenAIfv of nerir:rv rrnder the IaWS Of the
21 State of Cafifornia that the foregoinq is true and correct.
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NOTICE OE MOT]ON AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OF
VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; DECIARATIONS OF ROBERT S. EINK AND YANA YUDELEVICH IN
SUPPORT THEREOE, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
1 DEC],ARATION OF YANA YUDELEVICH
2 I, Yana Yudelevich, declare as foffows:
3 1 - Mv name is Y^n^ Yrrde l erzir-h - anrl I am one of two
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5 matters stated except those stated on information and
6 belief, which I befieve to be true. Tf caffed and sworn, I
7 could and woufd competently tesLify to the following facts.
8 2 Roman Shrrkm:n mrr hrreh:nrj .in.l iha .\Fhar
v Lrr!! nl>infiff
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o this case, and f are residents of Los Angeles County.
10 3, We filed this action in Pro Per to protect the
t1 applicabfe statute of limitations as we were under the
1.2 impression that this case woufd be resofved short of
IJ l itigation.
14 4. We flfed this matter in the Superior Court of Santa
ll Barbara because the document obtained from the Cafifornia
16 Secretary of State showed that the owners of Marina Riviera
17 hotel where I was injured have their offices in the City of
18 Santa Barbara,
19 4. When it became apparent that this case coul-d not be
20 resofved without further litiqation, we asked Robert S. Fink
2l io renresenf rrs in ihis mattel.
22 5. Af ter reviewing the f acts of the case and the avai]ab.l-e
L.J evidence, Robert S. Fink advised us that the appropriate
24 venue for this case is t.he Superior Court of San Bernardino
25 County because of the focation of the scene of the accident
26 and the ma-ioritv of t.he witnesses.
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NOT]CE OE MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGS OF
VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; DECLARAT]ONS OE ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDELEVICH IN
SUPPORT THEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
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9 IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
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1l Based on the Pfaintiffs' MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSFERRING
t2 CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OF VENUE) and qood cause
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15 1. It is ordered that the matter captioned above, Case
16 number 21CV05038, shafl be transferred to San
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19 order and along with the file, a copy of this order
20 shafl be forwarded to the Superior Court of
21 California, San Bernardino County focated at 24j
22 West Third StreeL., San Bernardino, CA 924L5-02I0
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24 ]T IS SO ORDERED.
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zo DATE:
The Honorabfe D\(!.)
27 JUDGE OE THE SUPER]OR COURT
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NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TMNSFERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OE
VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES, DECLAMT]ONS OF ROBERT S. EINK AND YANA YUDELEVICTT IN
SUPPORT THEREOE, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER
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ROBERT S. FINK, Esq, - CBA 65787 1 ROBERT S. FINK, A Professional Corporation 2 6404 l,iilshire Blvd., Suite 1001 Los Angeles, CA 90048-5512 3 Telephone (323) 653-3030 4 Attorney for Pfaintiffs Yana Yudelevich & Roman Shukman 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPER]OR COURT OE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OE SANTA BARBARA 9 10 YANA YUDELEV]CH, ROMAN SHUKMAN Case No. 21CV05038 11 Plaintiffs, NOTICE OF MOTTON AND Vs, MOT]ON FOR ORDER 12 TRANSFERRING CASE TO MAR]NA RESORT INVESTORS, LP et APPROPR]ATE COURT (CHANGE i3 ^1 OF VENUE) ; POINTS AND AUTHOR]TIES, DECLARATIONS 14 Defendants. OF ROBERT S. EINK AND 1) YANA YUDELEVICH IN SUPPORT THEREOF, AND l6 IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 17 DATE: ,Jufy L3, 2022 TIME:10:00 a. m. 18 DEPT:3 19 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 1_3, 2022, at 10:00 a.n., 20 or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard in the 21 Department 3 of the above-entitfed court, plaintiffs yana 22 Yudelevich and Roman Shukman wiff move the court for an z.) order transferring this act.ion from the Superior Court of 24 the State of California, Count.V of Sant.a Barbara to the 25 Superior Court of the State of Cafifornia, Countv of San 26 Bernardino. This motion is made pursuant to the Cafifornia 11 27 Code of Civil Procedure Section 397 (c) . ho lq 28 NOTICE OE MOTION AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSEERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OE VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORIT]ES; DECI,ARATIONS OF ROBERT S. EINK AND YANA YUDE1EVICH IN SUPPORT THEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 1 This motion is made upon l-ho .rrnrrnri fhet l-ha nh.anna nf 2 venue woul-d promote both the convenience of wi t.nesses and 3 i ha naadq .\f v! -ir1aJ-i uJLf n^ es l-'^^-"^^ ,Js!,aurv l-ha inirrrr; l-.\ l-h6 F€ I P!arrrLrrr/ ^l-jh+'l 4 whi ch is f he srrlriect of this action, occurred at Big Bear 5 T.^L6 qrh Rarn:rAi na /-arrnf r: rnrhprc i-ha mainri trr Fh6 vvurrLy t ^f 6 wi fnesscs ,arF l..)..atFd. 7 This motion is based on this notice, the memorandum of 8 point.s and authorities, and the decfarations of Robert S. o Fink and Yana YudeLevich attached hereto, upon all records 10 and fiIae harcin rn.i qrru rrnan ulJvlr c,rah arri Aanao --^ --^"-^- argullrsrrL dr rlLdy 11 laa ^.6c6hf 6.l .t- Fl^^ neartng h^--i -^ on ^- ]:nls Fl-\i- -^f i mof'aon. 12 13 UAIL;U: 9r,r,q. \[a ,2_Oz1_ T S, FINK, A Professional Corp 14 t/ 15 By ROBERT NK lo Attorn ys for Pfaint i ffs I7 18 19 20 21 22 ZJ 24 25 26 No 27 c! 28 NOTICE OE MOTION AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSEERING CASE TO APPROPR]ATE COURT (CHANGE OF VENUE),. PO]NTS AND AUTHORITIESi DEC],ARATIONS OF ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDEIJEVTCH IN SUPPORT THEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 1 PO]NTS AND AUTHORITIES 2 Plaintiff Yana YudeLevich was injured while being a 3 naid orresf af M^rina RiViera hOtef l_OCa.ecl 40??0 , v utY rr Ri Rcar !uq! 4 Blvd., Big Bear Lake, California. California Code of CiviI 5 Procedure Section 395 (a) provides thaL "lilf the action is 6 for inirrrrr f.\ no-s.\n .r nor<^nA l nr^nartlr yr vyL ! L)' frnm rrrnnafrr't tlvrr9!ur r^r 7 ^r naal i aanaa +ha ctlh^FiOr COUrt in either fhe .o nl-v whero rhc 8 injury occurs ... or the county where the defendanLs or some of 9 them reside at the conmencement of the actionf is a proper court 10 for the trial of the action." i1 Pfaintiffs Yana Yudefevich and Roman Shukman, both res.idents 12 of T.os Angeles Countyf inadvertently brought this action at the 13 Srrnc-i^r a.\rr-l- F /_\ q:ntA RFrhnr^ a^rrni-\/ f^r l-ha snlo rvrL nrrrnnca nf u! PurPvru 14 h.^t-6^+i h^ +1r^ '^nr i^able stat.uLe of IimitaFi.,rnqrrr or -ha\/ errEy r-h^,,dhF Lrrv u9 rr L 15 ^< that no further litigation woufd be required. Santa Barbara 16 County is where the corporate owners of the Marina Riv-iera hotel 17 reside. None of t.he corporate owners were percipient witnesses 18 r-^ r-r.\a i^-i.16n+ r.rlar^h ]ed to plainriff yudetevi r-h/ s J jni.rrios rrrj J! rer. 19 t-ha ^Fh6r h.h^ most wit.nesses to the cr/enj- s nra^ariiurrrv nn l-ho u_ rc 20 ^h incident in question and its aftermath are residents of San 21 Berna.rdino County, and some are residents of Los Angeles County. 22 M.)rpn\rar. l-hc Mari na Ri \ricra h^fFl tha Fha i ni,ry., rrrJu!y z) ^f incident. itse]f, is located in Big Bear l,ake, San Bernardino 24 County. 25 California Code of Civil Procedure Section 397 states in 26 h-r+ih^h- ps!rtrrErrL pd!L ^.-! fLrrau l-t-+ \\fFth^ tLlrre uuurL rLLdyr urr ^n ILL(JL-L()n, -^+t^^ crtclrtge LIle p-Lace cao.) 27 of trial in the following cases: ... (c) [w] hen the convenience of 28 NOTICE OE MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSEERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OF VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; DECLARATIONS OF ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDELEVICII TN SUPPORT THEREOE, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 1 witnesses and Lhe ends of jusLice would be promored by the 2 change , " 3 4 The convenience of witnesses is shown by the fact thaL 5 the residence of the witnesses is in the county to which the 6 transfer of the cause of action is requested. (Harden v. Ski nnar t Lr:mm.\nd /1 q55\ 1?O ar'l . Anh nvy, )A 1c:.i -7c.A 1'1o 7 \LJrJt Lt2 8 P.2d 918). The distance between Big Bear Lake and Santa Barbara 9 is approximately 186 miles, and it takes afmost four hours to 10 drive from Chis mountain resort t.o Lhe city of Santa Barbara. 11 Tn dol- crnini n/- fhel- : q r-h:nr-rc errqrrYE of rronrra r^riI yirrf l nr^m.\l- ylvrLLvLL a rha Lrrs 12 cndq of irr<1. ina l-he fnial coltrF fi^\/ ral !er.t,\./ n..\l- -rvL nnlrr nn rha IJ direct facts set forth in the affidavits buL afso on any t4 reasonabfe and refevant inference arising therefrom. 15 (Harden v. Skinner & Hamrnond (1955) 130 Caf App. 2d 68, 69, 16 2Ll P2d 157), Thus, trying this case in Santa Barbara woul_d be 17 seriously inconvenient to the witnesses and, thus, defeat the 18 anrle irrct i na ^f 19 20 Based on the foregoing/ Plaintiffs Yana yudelevich and Roman 21 Shukman request an order for a change of venue from the Superior C.)rlnf \./ .\f R^nl-,a R>rh:rr t^ l-h^ q,,hari JuPs!rvr 22 ^r a^!rr+ .t-l j €^FF i- q.h R6rh5rrli h z) UUUIL 9.L ^f Ud-Lt!(JIll_Lcl, U-*-._r ^.rrnFr, -- ^f -*.. -_-..*---..O. I 24 Dated: 6llbl?-0'1-?-- Respectfully Submitted, Ir 25 26 27 + 15 Atfornbv for Plainfiffs 28 NOTICE OE MOTTON AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO APPROPR]ATE COURT (CHANGE OF VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORIT]ES; DECLARATIONS OF ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDEI,EVTCH IN SUPPORT TIIEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 1 DECIARATION OF ROBERT S. FINK 2 I, Robert S. Fink, decfare as f ol,lows: 3 1. My name is Robert S, Fink, and I am an attorney .[or 4 Plaintiffs Yana Yudefevich and Roman Shukman. f have 5 personal knowledge of the matters stated except those stated 6 on information and belief, which I believe to be true, If 7 r:al Ied ancl swnrn - T COuld and wOUfd COn^^fanl- l t, -ac+if' F^ 8 l-ha f a1 1 auri nn f rn1- c 9 2. This action was filed by Plaintiffs who are residents 10 .\f 1..\q An.ra I ae f-.\rrnf vvsrrL \/)lin Pra Par 11 3. On ApriJ, 4, 2022, f agreed to be substituted as an 12 attorney of record in this action for Plaintiffs Yana 13 Yudel-evich and Roman Shukman. T4 4. After I reviewed the facts of the case and the 15 arra ' l:l-rl c crri danna I determined that Sar BFrnar..li!,vno Corrnl- LvurrLy rz 16 is an appropriate venue for this case as most of the 17 witnesses and the incident scene are focated in the City of Rid Ra.r T..La q.h Rarhrr^ih^ .^,rh{- t' 18 urY usa! 19 20 r rlanl:ra rrnnar {-h6 nenAIfv of nerir:rv rrnder the IaWS Of the 21 State of Cafifornia that the foregoinq is true and correct. 22 ZJ 24 Robe rt 25 zo rn 27 b! co 28 NOTICE OE MOT]ON AND MOTION EOR ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OF VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; DECIARATIONS OF ROBERT S. EINK AND YANA YUDELEVICH IN SUPPORT THEREOE, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 1 DEC],ARATION OF YANA YUDELEVICH 2 I, Yana Yudelevich, declare as foffows: 3 1 - Mv name is Y^n^ Yrrde l erzir-h - anrl I am one of two 4 hlrih{-i F€^ i^ _Lrr fLrr_L- l..i- -nt-inn evLrvr-. T h_arza n6re^r1r't lznnwtortaa esvu rh^ P-LarrrL_Lrrr I/e!Jvr!ef ^rrvwf ^f 5 matters stated except those stated on information and 6 belief, which I befieve to be true. Tf caffed and sworn, I 7 could and woufd competently tesLify to the following facts. 8 2 Roman Shrrkm:n mrr hrreh:nrj .in.l iha .\Fhar v Lrr!! nl>infiff I/rqrr in o this case, and f are residents of Los Angeles County. 10 3, We filed this action in Pro Per to protect the t1 applicabfe statute of limitations as we were under the 1.2 impression that this case woufd be resofved short of IJ l itigation. 14 4. We flfed this matter in the Superior Court of Santa ll Barbara because the document obtained from the Cafifornia 16 Secretary of State showed that the owners of Marina Riviera 17 hotel where I was injured have their offices in the City of 18 Santa Barbara, 19 4. When it became apparent that this case coul-d not be 20 resofved without further litiqation, we asked Robert S. Fink 2l io renresenf rrs in ihis mattel. 22 5. Af ter reviewing the f acts of the case and the avai]ab.l-e L.J evidence, Robert S. Fink advised us that the appropriate 24 venue for this case is t.he Superior Court of San Bernardino 25 County because of the focation of the scene of the accident 26 and the ma-ioritv of t.he witnesses. 27 28 NOT]CE OE MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSFERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGS OF VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES; DECLARAT]ONS OE ROBERT S. FINK AND YANA YUDELEVICH IN SUPPORT THEREOF, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 1 I declare under the penal-ty nf vr narirrrrr Psr J L-r y rrnrlar ur-!rer l-hr Lrrc 1- _Ldw- ^ 2 of the State of California that f ha f .\razrni n.r rrY i rJa f_ rr,^ ! Lrs ---l arr\.r 3 correct. 4 5 DATED: 6 fevich 7 8 9 IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER 10 1l Based on the Pfaintiffs' MOTION FOR ORDER TRANSFERRING t2 CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OF VENUE) and qood cause 13 Fnn6^r'i 4rrYn.r / grFvq! ha j- a.\rrrf herelrrz en1-ers Fhc fnl l nr^ri n.r rrY nrdarc. v_uu!J. I4 15 1. It is ordered that the matter captioned above, Case 16 number 21CV05038, shafl be transferred to San 17 Rorn:rdi nn r'-nrrnl-rr a,rnari r-^,rrF ^r 18 2. The Cferk of the Court is directed to enter this 19 order and along with the file, a copy of this order 20 shafl be forwarded to the Superior Court of 21 California, San Bernardino County focated at 24j 22 West Third StreeL., San Bernardino, CA 924L5-02I0 ZJ 24 ]T IS SO ORDERED. 25 zo DATE: The Honorabfe D\(!.) 27 JUDGE OE THE SUPER]OR COURT b,0 cs 28 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ORDER TMNSFERING CASE TO APPROPRIATE COURT (CHANGE OE VENUE); POINTS AND AUTHORITIES, DECLAMT]ONS OF ROBERT S. EINK AND YANA YUDELEVICTT IN SUPPORT THEREOE, AND IPROPOSED] COURT ORDER