MOVING PARTY: Defendant Neil Everett Capano
RESPONDING PARTY: None
Motion for Order Continuing Trial Date and All Related Dates
The court considered the motion. No opposition was filed.
BACKGROUND
On December 8, 2016, plaintiffs Grigor Aleksanian, Mihran Aleksanian, and Ovnan Arabyan filed a complaint against defendant Neil Everett Capano for motor vehicle negligence.
Trial is set for June 8, 2018.
LEGAL STANDARD
Pursuant to CRC Rule 3.1332(a), “To ensure the prompt disposition of civil cases, the dates assigned for a trial are firm. All parties and their counsel must regard the date set for trial as certain.” Under CRC Rule 3.1332(b), “A party seeking a continuance of the date set for trial, whether contested or uncontested or stipulated to by the parties, must make the request for a continuance by a noticed motion or an ex parte application under the rules in chapter 4 of this
division, with supporting declarations. The party must make the motion or application as soon as reasonably