MOVING PARTY:Defendant Centinela Hospital Medical Center

RESPONDING PARTY: None
Motion to Continue Trial and All Related Dates
The court considered the motion. No opposition was filed.
BACKGROUND
On March 2, 2017, plaintiff Tyrone Banks filed a complaint against defendant Centinela Hospital Medical Center for premises liability based on a slip and fall incident on March 2, 2015.
Trial is set for September 4, 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 so