SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

ASHLEY PARTAIN, ET AL., Plaintiff(s), vs. PARDEEP KUMAR, ET AL., Defendant(s).

CASE NO: 19STCV23766

[TENTATIVE] ORDER DENYING MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Dept. 31

1:30 p.m.

June 26, 2020

REVISED

Plaintiffs, Ashley Partain and Joan Beshears filed this action against Defendants, Pardeep Kumar, Parmijit Kaur, and Samarth Kumar for damages arising out of an automobile accident. Plaintiffs filed the complaint on 6/09/19, and the complaint alleges the parties were involved in an automobile accident in Los Angeles. Plaintiffs filed the complaint in pro per.

On 4/23/20, Plaintiffs filed proof of service of the summons, complaint, and related documents on Defendants. The proofs of service list Michael Shemtoub as the attorney for “Defendant Ashley Partain, et al.” Partain is, of course, a plaintiff in the action, and not a defendant. Shemtoub has not, to date, filed a substitution