CASE NAME: La Grange v. Tran, et al.
CASE NUMBER: BC522917
HEARING DATE: 12/20/16
CALENDAR NUMBER: 11
DATE FILED: 9/27/13
TRIAL DATE: None (vacated)
NOTICE: OK
PROCEEDING: Motion for Attorney Fees (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16, subd. (c))
MOVING PARTY: Defendant R. Jeffrey Ward
OPPOSING PARTY: Plaintiff Debra La Grange

TENTATIVE RULING

Defendant R. Jeffrey Ward’s motion is granted in the amount of $24,315. However, there is a stay of execution pending the resolution of Plaintiff’s appeal of the court’s May 17, 2016 ruling granting Defendant’s anti-SLAPP motion. The request for judicial notice is granted. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (d).) Counsel for Defendant to give notice.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This is an action for malicious prosecution and related claims arising out of an underlying lawsuit that ended in a defense judgment. The pertinent background is as follows. In 2007, Tina Tran filed suit against Debra La Grange and her husband; R. Jeffrey Ward represented T