RIZE CREDIT UNION VS WINTERS

1. CASE # CASE NAME HEARING NAME HEADWAY CAPITAL, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY VS MOTION TO DEEM REQUEST FOR CVME2500173 THE DAQUINO TEAM LLC, ADMISSIONS AS ADMITTED A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Tentative Ruling: Motion is unopposed. Motion is GRANTED. Requests for Admission propounded on 10/08/2025 are deemed admitted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant shall pay court costs to Plaintiff in the amount of $60.00 within 30 days after service of this order. Court to sign the proposed order.

2. CASE # CASE NAME HEARING NAME PODS ENTERPRISES, LLC VS BUILDERS MOTION TO SET ASIDE ON CVME2505170 INNOVATION GROUP, A COMPLAINT CORPORATION Tentative Ruling: Motion unopposed. Motion GRANTED. Answer filed with the Defendant’s motion will be filed with the court. The case is returned to active status.

Court will set a trial setting conference for October 8, 2026 at 8:00 a.m, Dept. M205, Remote appearance is allowed for all parties and attorneys. Parties are encouraged to meet and confer.

The court is empowered to relieve a party “upon any terms as may be just ... from a judgment, dismissal, order, or other proceeding taken against him or her through his or her mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.” (C.C.P. §473(b).) Because the law favors judgments on the merits, “doubts must be resolved in favor of relief....” (Lasalle v. Vogel (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 127, 134.)

3. CASE # CASE NAME HEARING NAME RIZE CREDIT UNION VS MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE

WINTERS PLEADINGS Tentative Ruling:

Moving party: Plaintiff Rize Credit Union Responding party: Defendant Jacob Winters

Motion filed: 04/28/2026 Opp. filed: 05/29/2026 Reply filed: 06/04/2026

Meet and Confer requirement: C.C.P. § 439 requires a meet and confer in person, by telephone, or by videoconference at least five days before filing a motion for judgment on the pleadings.

Although the parties participated in settlement negotiations, there is no evidence that the parties met and conferred via the statutorily required methods before Plaintiff filed the instant motion.

The hearing on the motion for judgment on the pleadings is continued to August 10, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. Plaintiff is ordered to meet and confer via in person, phone, or videoconferencing with Defendant for the purpose of determining whether an agreement can be reached that would resolve the claims to be raised in the motion. As part of the meet and confer process, Plaintiff shall identify the specific causes of action that it believes are subject to judgment and identify with legal support the basis of the claim. Defendant shall provide legal support for its position that the pleading is not subject to judgment.