Judge Stephen M. Pulido: Comprehensive Profile - Analytics, Rulings, and Recent Cases

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The Motion of Defendant and Cross-Complainant Sally Liu to Tax the Memorandum of Costs of Cross-Defendants, pursuant to Rule of Court 3.1700(b), is CONTINUED to January 18, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., in Department 517.

Counsel for Liu is hereby advised...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido Case continued to 03:00 PM on 12/14/2021 in Department 517, Civil Law and Motion, Hayward Hall of Justice, 24405 Amador Street, Hayward.

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Defendant Simple Health LLC to compel the designated witness for Plaintiff Environmental Research Center, Inc. to answer deposition questions, pursuant to CCP § 2025.480(a), is DENIED.

The subject deposition was taken on May 17, 20...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Defendant Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (erroneously sued as Chevron Corp.) to transfer venue to the Superior Court of Contra Costa County, pursuant to CCP §§ 396b and 397(a), is DENIED.

Plaintiff Bernon Danley, a former gasoline and diesel...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The Motion of Plaintiff Environmental Health Advocates, Inc. for Judicial Approval of Proposition 65 Settlement with Defendant Raley's and for Entry of Consent Judgment, pursuant to H&S Code § 25249.7(d) and CCP § 664.6, is GRANTED.

The cour...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The unopposed motion of Plaintiff Arturo Cervantes, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, for final approval of class action settlement agreement and release, pursuant to CCP § 382, is GRANTED.

Plaintiff's counsel have presented su...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion is dropped by the Court.

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The demurrer of Defendant Bhupinder Bhandari to the First Amended Complaint of Plaintiffs SPSD Developers, LLC and Rishi Khanna, pursuant to CCP § 430.10(e), is CONTINUED to January 13, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., in Department 517.

On July 26, 2021, Pl...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The demurrer of Defendant Sumitra Properties, LLC to the First Amended Complaint of Plaintiffs SPSD Developers, LLC and Rishi Khanna, pursuant to CCP § 430.10(e), is CONTINUED to January 13, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., in Department 517.

On July 26, 202...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Defendants Bhupinder Bhandari and Sumitra Properties, LLC to strike portions of the First Amended Complaint of Plaintiffs SPSD Developers, LLC and Rishi Khanna, pursuant to CCP §§ 435 and 436, is CONTINUED to January 13, 2022, at 3:00 p.m....

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Court Appointed Receiver Kevin Singer for authorization to remove, store, and sell abandoned personal property located at 2616-2622 Ivy Drive, in Oakland, pursuant to CCP §§ 872.710 et seq. and 873.070, is CONTINUED to December 14, 2021, a...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of attorney Maiya K. Dempsey, of Madison Law, to be relieved as counsel of record for Defendant Paul Blanco's Good Car Company, pursuant to CCP § 284(2) and Rule of Court 3.1362, is GRANTED.

Counsel for Plaintiff shall prepare a revis...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company for an order establishing that Plaintiff's requests for admission to Defendant Brenda Grant are deemed admitted, pursuant to CCP § 2033.280(b), is CONTINUED to December 7, 2021, at 3...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Plaintiff Environmental Health Advocates, Inc. for judicial approval of Proposition 65 settlement with Defendant Base Culture, Inc. and for entry of consent judgment, pursuant to H&S Code § 25249.7(d) and CCP § 664.6, is GRANTED.

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The application of out-of-state attorney Robert J. Flora for admission as counsel pro hac vice for Defendant Shell Oil Company, pursuant to Rule of Court 9.40, is GRANTED.

Attorney Flora is hereby advised that he is required to pay a $500.00 fee...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion is dropped by the moving party.

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Plaintiff Environmental Research Center, Inc. for leave to file a First Amended Complaint against Defendant Simple Health LLC (dba Tosi), pursuant to CCP § 473(a)(1), is DENIED.

This is a Proposition 65 case. Defendant Simple Healt...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Defendants Yung So and Yung K. So Trust to strike the prayer for an award of punitive damages in the First Amended Complaint of Plaintiff Jack's NW, LLC, pursuant to CCP §§ 435 and 436, is DROPPED.

The motion to strike is moot. The...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The application of Plaintiff Uncle Credit Union for a writ of possession of the 2007 Lexus RX400H that Defendant Jordan T. Botha purchased from Vale Auto Sales LLC, in Novato, in April 2018, pursuant to CCP § 512.010 et seq., is CONTINUED to November 9,...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The demurrer of Defendants Yung So and Yung K. So Trust to the Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Causes of Action of the First Amended Complaint of Plaintiff Michelle Kennedy, pursuant to CCP § 430.10(e), is SUSTAINED IN PART WITH LEAVE TO AMEND as fo...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Defendants Berkeley Unified School District for contempt and/or terminating sanctions against Plaintiff Sonya Martin for Plaintiff's alleged willful failure to comply with the Court's discovery orders issued on October 15, 2020 and March 2...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Plaintiff Wade Robertson for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, pursuant to CCP § 473(a)(1) and Rule of Court 3.1324, is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

Plaintiff Robertson seeks leave to add four new causes of action in the propo...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The motion of Defendant Aya Healthcare Services, Inc. ("Aya Healthcare") for summary judgment against Plaintiff Tyson Lykens, on behalf of himself and all other aggrieved employees, pursuant to CCP § 437c(p)(2), is DENIED.

Plaintiff Lykens filed...

This Tentative Ruling is made by Judge Stephen Pulido The unopposed motion of Plaintiffs Tracy Shuk-Han Fung and Debbie Shuk-Fun Fung to compel Defendants Kwong Yuen Yu (aka Kwong-Yuen Yu and Kenneth Yu), and Multi-Property Service Corporation to serve verified responses to Plaintiffs' form interrogatories...