Tentative Ruling: Michael Sandoval vs Organic Greens Collective Inc

Case Number

25CV03559

Case Type

Hearing Date / Time

Fri, 05/01/2026 - 10:00

Nature of Proceedings

Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel

Tentative Ruling

On December 29, 2025, counsel for defendant Organic Greens Collective, Inc., attorney Luis Esparza, Esparza Law Group, P.C., filed this motion to be relieved as counsel. The motion was noticed for this hearing. No opposition or other response has been filed. Good cause appearing, the motion will be granted subject to the following: The proposed order lodged with the motion is incomplete. A new proposed order must be lodged with the court which, among other things, checks the box that the order is not effective until proof of service of the signed order on the client is filed with the court. Counsel is not relieved until the proof of service of the signed order is filed with the court.

Also, on February 20, 2026, the court held a case management at which counsel for defendant did not appear. The court set this hearing on its order to show cause re sanctions for failure to appear on February 20, 2026. On April 22, 2026, counsel for defendant filed a declaration stating that the failure to appear was the result of miscalendaring when the February 20 hearing was reset from its prior case management conference date of January 23. The court accepts counsel’s explanation and discharges the order to show cause re sanctions.

There is a case management conference to be held concurrently with this motion and hearing. All counsel are to appear at the case management conference.