ELG CIRCLE, LLC VS. MONICA CURTIS, ET AL

August 17, 2026 LAW AND MOTION CALENDAR PAGE 8 Judge: HONORABLE DAVID A. SILBERMAN, DEPARTMENT 11 ________________________________________________________________________

2:00 PM LINE 4 25-CLJ-01923 ELG CIRCLE, LLC VS. MONICA CURTIS, ET AL

ELG CIRCLE, LLC VIN A. FICHTER MONICA CURTIS YURI VORONIN

Defendant and Cross-Complainant Girl Scouts of Northern California’s Motion for Reclassification From Limited Civil Jurisdiction to Unlimited Civil Jurisdiction

TENTATIVE RULING:

Defendant/Cross-Complainant Girl Scouts of Northern California’s (“GSNC”) unopposed “Motion for Reclassification from Limited Civil Jurisdiction to Unlimited Civil Jurisdiction,” filed Jan. 28, 2026, is GRANTED. (Code Civ. Proc. § 403.040.)

Cross-Complainant GSNC should have requested re-classification in its October 2025 Amended Cross- Complaint, and should have paid the reclassification fee at that time. (Code Civ. Proc. § 403.030.) Nonetheless, under § 403.040, the Court finds good cause to reclassify the case. GSNC shall pay the reclassification fee. (Code Civ. Proc. § 403.040(c).) The Court Clerk SHALL RECLASSIFY the case as an unlimited civil jurisdiction case upon payment by GSNC of the required fee.

On a separate note, upon review of the parties’ filings to date, including the Amended Cross-Complaint, the Court notes that this case may be particularly suitable to alternative dispute resolution. Cross- Defendants Monica Curtis et. al.’s March 4, 2026 Case Management Conference statement states that the parties agreed to participate in mediation, and were (at that time) scheduling a mediation for June 2026. The Court Orders that the parties meet and confer and file a joint update with the Court on the status/progress of mediation. The Court has concerns that the parties have not been meaningfully communicating with each other to discuss a resolution to this dispute.

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If the tentative ruling is uncontested, it shall become the order of the Court. Thereafter, counsel for prevailing party shall prepare for the Court’s signature a written order consistent with the Court’s ruling pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 3.1312 and provide written notice of the ruling to all parties who have appeared in the action, as required by law and by the California Rules of Court. Please note that Local Rule 3.403(b)(iv) states in part “prevailing party on a tentative ruling is required to prepare a proposed order REPEATING VERBATIM the tentative ruling” (emphasis added). The order should be efiled only, do not email or mail a hard copy to the Court.