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  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview 
						
                                
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                                SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
                                           Civil Division
                    Central District, Spring Street Courthouse, Department 12

22STCV21355                                                                       January 17, 2023
CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS                                             2:49 PM
SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON,
DECEASED, et al. vs TIKTOK INC., et al.


Judge: Honorable Carolyn B. Kuhl                   CSR: None
Judicial Assistant: L. M'Greene                    ERM: None
Courtroom Assistant: None                          Deputy Sheriff: None

APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff(s): No Appearances
For Defendant(s): No Appearances




NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS: Court Order Minute Order re Initial Case Management
Conference in Social Media Coordinated Cases, JCCP 5255 and JCCP 5256

By this order, the Court determines all cases within JCCP 5255 and 5256 to be Complex
according to Rule 3.400 of the California Rules of Court. Pursuant to Government Code section
70616 subdivisions (a) and (b), each party shall pay a fee of $1,000.00 to the Los Angeles
Superior Court within 10 calendar days of this date.

By this order, the Court stays JCCP 5255 and 5256 and all included actions, except for service of
the Summons and Complaint and filing of a Notice of Appearance by a Defendant. The stay
continues at least until the Initial Status Conference.

The court understands that JCCP 5255 and 5256 have been consolidated. Therefore, this court
declares JCCP 5256 closed and no further filing or litigation activity shall take place with respect
to JCCP 5256 except upon further order of this Court. All cases initially within JCCP 5256 are
coordinated within JCCP 5255.

An Initial Status Conference is scheduled for February 17, 2023 at 1:45 pm in Department 12 at
the Spring Street Courthouse. The Joint Initial Status Conference Report required by this order is
to be filed no later than February 14, 2023.

Counsel for all parties are ordered to meet and confer in person or by remote video appearance
no later than 15 days before the Initial Status Conference and discuss the matters required to be
included in the Joint Initial Status Conference Report described below. To the extent the parties
are unable to agree on the matters to be addressed in the Joint Initial Status Conference Report,
the positions of each party or of various parties shall be set forth separately in the Joint
Statement.
                                           Minute Order                                 Page 1 of 5