CASE NAME: ESSEX MANAGEMENT v. JOOBEEN

CASE NUMBER: 19SMUD00861 COMPLAINT FILED: 4/24/19

HEARING DATE: 9/9/19

TRIAL DATE: 7/11/19

NOTICE: OK

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MOTIONS: 1. Defendant’s Motion for a New Trial: DENIED

2. Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees: GRANTED

TENTATIVE RULING

Merits

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL

Defendant moves for a JNOV or in the alternative a new trial in this unlawful detainer action. Both motions are DENIED as Defendant failed to appear at trial and Plaintiff’s uncontested evidence made a prima facie case of unlawful detainer. There is no basis for Defendant’s alternative motions, and given his history of setting hearings and deliberately failing to appear at them, this Court is convinced that these motions are frivolous and brought for the sole purpose of delay and harassment of Plaintiff. CCP § 128.5.

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES

Having prevailed at the uncontested trial