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[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS AND S. LEE TERRY, JR.’S SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 425.16

Hearing Date: July 15, 2020

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Dept.: 7

I. Introduction

This action arise...

These related actions (BC684646 and BS170769) address the validity of a November 2017 assessment imposed by the Board of Directors of the Broad Beach Geologic Hazard Abatement District (BBGHAD). In the Validation Case (BC684646), BBGHAD seeks to validate the assessment. The petitioners in the Magidson case...

Plaintiff CA Projects, LLC (“Plaintiff” or “CA Projects”) seeks a writ of attachment against Defendant Accel Builders, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Accel”) in the amount of $1,260,872.98, which includes estimated attorney fees of $312,225.58. Defendant opposes.

For the following reasons, the Court DENIES ...

Petitioner Long Beach Citizens for Fair Development (LBC) asks the Court to stay this action and to delay preparation of the administrative record. Having read the moving papers and the opposition, the Court denies the motion to stay because (1) there is no evidence the City has applied for Coastal Commiss...

In this action, Petitioner Darin Johnson (“Petitioner” or “Johnson”) seeks a writ of mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5 ordering Respondent California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Registered Nursing (“Respondent” or “Board”) to set aside its decision placing Petitioner o...

TENTATIVE ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE APPLICATION

Plaintiff Benton Research and Development, LLC (“Plaintiff” or “Benton R&D”) moved the Court for a preliminary injunction restraining Defendant Benton Paiute Economic Development Corporation (“Defendant” or “BPEDC”) from transporting, liquidating, or da...

In this action, Petitioner Paul John Denham (“Petitioner” or “Denham”) seeks a writ of mandate under Code of Civil Procedure section 1085 ordering Respondent Sheriff Jim McDonnell (“Respondent”) to provide Petitioner with copies of Petitioner’s complaints that were filed against certain deputy sheriffs. Re...

In this action, Petitioner AIDS Healthcare Foundation (“Petitioner” or “AHF”) seeks a writ of mandate ordering Respondents City of Los Angeles and City of Los Angeles City Council (“Respondents” or “City”) to set aside its actions certifying the EIR and approving the land use entitlements and project appro...

In this action, Petitioner Paul John
Denham (“Petitioner” or “Denham”) seeks a writ of mandate under Code of Civil
Procedure section 1085 ordering Respondent Sheriff Jim McDonnell (“Respondent”)
to (1) investigate Petitioner’s complaint alleging that Sheriff Dale Higashi’s
handwritten notes wer...

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

MAXINE GILLIAM, as Successor Trustee of the Lou Easter Ross Trust Created by Declaration of Trust Dated May 14, 1986, Plaintiff, vs. REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC, a corporation; JOEL S. LEVINE, Trustee of the Joel S...

Plaintiff/Petitioner Inglewood Residents Against Taking and Evictions (Petitioner) has filed a Motion to Augment Administrative Record with Necessary Documents. This is a CEQA case in which Petitioner asks the Court to issue a writ of mandate directing Respondents to set aside approval of the June 15, 2017...

Plaintiff Balboa Thrift & Loan (“Plaintiff” or “Balboa”)) seeks a writ of possession against Defendant Kecia Brooks (“Defendant”) over the following property:

2013 Nissan Maxima SE (VIN No. 1N4AA5AP2DC802487)

The Court DENIES the application for a writ of possession because (1) Plaintiff fa...

In this action, Petitioner Valley Convalescent Center (“Petitioner”) seeks a writ of mandate ordering Respondent Jennifer Kent, Director, California Department of Health Care Services (“Respondent” or “Department”) to set aside its decision to assess Medi-Cal overpayments of approximately $160,000 for ente...

Respondent Dave Jones, Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance (“Respondent” or “Commissioner”) demurs to the Petition on the grounds it fails to state facts sufficient to allege a cause of action because it is time-barred under Government Code Sections 11521, 11523.

Petitioner filed...

In this action, Petitioner Patricia Welcome (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for writ of mandate compelling Respondent Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (“HACLA”) to set aside its decision terminating her Section 8 rent subsidy. On April 26, 2017, the Court granted the petition and ordered HACLA ...

In this action, Petitioner Adriane Crooks (“Petitioner” or “Crooks”) seeks a writ of mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5 setting aside Respondent Housing Authority of LA’s (“Respondent” or “HACLA”) decision terminating Petitioner from the Section 8 program. Petitioner also seeks a wr...

Plaintiff Thanh Phuc Cao brings this action against Defendants Dieu Thi Trinh, Phuong N. Pham and Julie E. Pung to quiet title to the property located at 1132 S. Meeker Avenue, West Covina, California 91790 and enjoin Defendants from foreclosing on the Property. Plaintiff now moves for an order preliminari...

Plaintiff West Central Produce, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) seeks a writ of attachment against Defendant Eric Greenspan (“Defendant”) in the amount of $41,304.96, plus estimated attorney’s fees of $7,500, plus estimated costs of $500, for a total sum of $49,304.96. Defendant has not submitted an opposition.

Plaintiff Xerox Financial Services, LLC (“Plaintiff”) seeks a writ of attachment against Defendant Joffe Emergency Services (“Defendant”) in the amount of $32,905.62, which includes estimated costs of $1,000 and estimated attorneys’ fees of $1,224.43. Defendant has not submitted any opposition to the appli...

Plaintiff Ally Financial, Inc. (“Ally”) seeks a writ of possession against Defendant Albert Eaton Hill III (“Defendant”) over the following property:

2011 Dodge Challenger (VIN No. 2B3CJ4DGXBH605247)

The Court DENIES the application for a writ of possession because Plaintiff fails to provid...

On May 18, 2016, Petitioner Patricia Welcome (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for writ of mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”) section 1094.5 seeking an order setting aside the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles’s (“HACLA”) February 18, 2016 decision terminating her Section 8 rent s...

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

DAWN MCBRIDE, Petitioner, vs. THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, et al., Respondents.

Case No.: BS164422

[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING THE PETITION FOR RELIEF FROM CLAIM PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Hearing Dat...

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF WAMU COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-sl3 COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-SL3,

Plaintiff,

vs.

STEARNS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a National Banking Association, Plaintiff, v. GAETA PAVING, a California Corporation; MARCO GAETA aka MARCO ANTONIO GAETA, an individual; and DOES 1-100, inclusive, Defendants.

Case No.: 17K04795

Judge Amy D. Hogue

Hearing Date: June 23, 2017