Case Number:
23VECV00811
Hearing Date:
April 17, 2024
Dept:
T
CYPERS V GURNICK ET AL 23VECV00811

[TENTATIVE] ORDER:

The Special Motion to Strike the Complaint is DENIED. The Request for Judicial Notice is GRANTED. The factual discussion here pertains solely to the pending motion.
The court takes judicial notice as requested by moving parties but not as to any hearsay contained within those documents.
Introduction
Defendants Stephen T. Holzer and Lewitt, Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan, a law corporation (the "Lewitt Hackman Defendants") move the court for an order striking the Complaint for Malicious Prosecution filed by Plaintiffs Reuven Justin Cypers aka Rory Cypers ("Cypers") and Residual Income Opportunities, Inc. ("RIO")(collectively, "Plaintiffs").

Discussion
The operative Complaint comprises of a sole cause of action for malicious prosecution. As to Plaintiffs' sole cause of action, an action for malicious prosecution satisfies the first prong of