11 COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

14 VELOCITY INVESTMENTS, LLC, 15 Plaintiff, TENTATIVE RULING RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE FIRST 16 vs. AMENDED CLASS ACTION CROSS- COMPLAINT AND TO RECLASSIFY 17 FARRAH SIPIN, ACTION AS COMPLEX 18 Defendant.

19 FARRAH SIPIN, on behalf of herself and all

others similarly situated,

23 Jersey limited liability company; VELOCITY

PORTFOLIO GROUP, INC., a Delaware

24 corporation; and ROES 2 through 10, inclusive,

25 Cross-Defendants.

1 The above-entitled action comes on for hearing before the Honorable Patricia M. Lucas 2 on August 25, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. in Department 3. The court now issues its tentative ruling as 3 follows:

4 I. INTRODUCTION

5 Plaintiff Velocity Investments LLC (“Velocity Investments”) filed its Complaint on 6 September 10, 2020 to recover an alleged debt. The Complaint sets forth causes of action for 7 (1) Account Stated; (2) Open Book Account; and (3) Indebtedness. On September 29, 2020, 8 defendant Farrah Sipin (“Sipin”) filed a Cross-C