JANE DOE VS. CHRISTIAN LARSEN ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery on Friday, June 20, 2025 Line 5, 1-PLAINTIFF JANE DOE AN INDIVIDUAL's Motion To File Late Anti-Slapp (Ccp 473(D)).

Cross-defendant Jane Doe's motion for leave to file a late anti-SLAPP motion is denied. Granting leave at this point in the case is contrary to one of the major purposes of the anti-SLAPP statute, which is to have SLAPP issues resolved early and expeditiously. Even assuming that Ms. Doe has a valid excuse for not filing an anti-SLAPP motion while she was still represented by counsel, she fails to explain why she waited several months after her counsel withdrew from representing her to seek leave to do so. Ms. Doe is able to make all of the substantive arguments that she seeks to make in her proposed anti-SLAPP motion via other procedures and doing so would not further delay resolution of this case, while permitting her to file an anti-SLAPP motion now might result in a significant delay in resolution of this case.

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