Judge Warren C. Stracener: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

Defendant Cribbs’ Motion for Summary Judgment.
Plaintiffs filed a 2nd amended complaint against defendants asserting causes of action for preliminary and permanent injunction, breach of contract, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, intentional misrepresentation, fraud, breach o...

Plaintiff’s Motion for Approval of Settlement.
Plaintiff moves pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, § 664.6 and Probate Code, § 17200 for the court to confirm the parties’ settlement agreement.
The parties have come to an agreement related to decedent Potter’s personal residence, which will be sold a...

Motion to be Relieved as Counsel of Record for Plaintiff.
TENTATIVE RULING # 10: THE MOTION IS GRANTED. WITHDRAWAL WILL BE EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE OF FILING PROOF OF SERVICE OF THE FORMAL, SIGNED ORDER UPON THE CLIENT. NO HEARING ON THIS MATTER WILL BE HELD (LEWIS V. SUPERIOR COURT (1999) 19 CAL.4TH 12...

OSC Re: Name Change.
TENTATIVE RULING # 3: THE PETITION IS GRANTED.

Judgment Debtor Examination.
TENTATIVE RULING # 1: THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE DEBTOR IS REQUIRED AT 8:30 A.M., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019 IN DEPARTMENT NINE.

Petitioner’s Motion for Additional Time for Production of Administrative Record. Petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandate challenging respondent’s adoption of a mitigated negative declaration and approval of a project to construct a new bridge to replace the existing Newtown Road Bridge over Weber C...

OSC Re: Name Change.
The petition seeks to change the name of a minor; the minor’s father has not joined in the petition; there is no proof of personal service of notice of the hearing and the petition on the minor’s father in the court’s file; and although the verified petition states that the father’s...

(1) Defendants Shirey’s and Brueck’s Demurrer to Complaint.
(2) Defendants Shirey’s and Brueck’s Motion to Strike Portions of Complaint. Defendants Shirey’s and Brueck’s Demurrer to Complaint.
Plaintiffs filed an action against various defendants for personal injuries that plaintiff Todd Sperry alleg...

Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment.
Plaintiff filed an action for premises liability against defendants. Plaintiff alleges: she parked her vehicle in an orchard used as a parking lot by defendants; it was dark as defendants had not installed lighting in the orchard; after plaintiff exited the vehic...

Defendant’s Motion to Compel Further Responses to Form Interrogatories. Defendant filed the instant motion on May 16, 2019, asserting that Plaintiff Tashawana May had failed to answer form interrogatories, set one, special interrogatories, set one, and failed to respond to the request for production of doc...

Review Hearing Re: Conservatorship.
TENTATIVE RULING # 9: THE CONSERVATOR IS TO APPEAR AND ADVISE THE COURT IF SHE IS FILING A CONSERVATORSHIP PROCEEDING IN NEVADA. THE CONSERVATOR MAY APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY BY “VCOURT”, WHICH MUST BE SCHEDULED AND PAID THROUGH THE COURT WEBSITE AT
www.eldoradocourt.o...

OSC Re: Name Change.
TENTATIVE RULING # 1: THE PETITION IS GRANTED.

Case Management Conference Re: Status of Service, Response, Lodging of Administrative Record and Setting Briefing Schedule.
Petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandate challenging respondent’s adoption of a mitigated negative declaration and approval of a project to construct a new bridge to replace...

Case Management Conference Re: Status of Service, Response, Lodging of Administrative Record and Setting Briefing Schedule.
On May 21, 2019 petitioner filed a verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory relief related to respondent El Dorado Irrigation District’s (EID) certificat...

Review Hearing Re: Record and Briefing Schedule.
On June 5, 2017 petitioners/plaintiffs filed a petition for writ of mandate and a complaint asserting several causes of action for declaratory relief related to the Traffic Impact Mitigation (TIM) program fee exacted from petitioner/plaintiff Sheetz and t...

Motion for Leave to File 2nd Amended Complaint.
On March 23, 2018 plaintiff filed an action against defendants asserting an action for declaratory relief to determine respective interests in real property and for specific performance. The 1st amended complaint was filed on May 14, 2018 asserting an acti...

Defendants Doe 2’s and Doe 4’s Demurrer to 1st Amended Complaint.
Plaintiff filed an action against various defendants asserting various causes of action arising from plaintiff’s allegations that she was a victim of sexual abuse as a child. Defendants Doe 2 and Doe 4 demur to the ninth cause of action f...

Defendant Timber Cove Holdings, Inc.’s Demurrer to 1st Amended Complaint. On January 11, 2019 plaintiff filed a 1st amended complaint asserting causes of action against defendants for declaratory relief, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and for an accountin...

Petition to Approve Transfer of Payment Rights.
Payee Trujillo has agreed to sell a portion of her share of the monthly payments to be paid form December 2043 to November 2047 in the amount of $948.59, which totals $47,622.60 in payments. The petitioner states those payments have a present value of $21,...

Judgment Debtor Examination.
TENTATIVE RULING # 1: THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE DEBTOR IS REQUIRED AT 8:30 A.M., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2019 IN DEPARTMENT NINE, PROVIDED PROOF OF SERVICE OF THE ORDER TO APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION IS FILED PRIOR TO THE HEARING SHOWING THAT PERSONAL SERVICE ON THE DEBTOR WAS EF...

(1) Defendant Seymour Midwest, LLC’s Demurrer to 2nd Amended Complaint. (2) Defendant Seymour Midwest, LLC’s Motion to Strike Portions of the 2nd Amended Complaint.
TENTATIVE RULING # 5: A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT HAVING BEEN REACHED AT THE JULY 8, 2019 MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE, THE HEARING ON THESE ...

OSC Re: Name Change.
There is no proof of publication in the court’s file, which is mandated by Code of Civil Procedure, § 1277(a).
TENTATIVE RULING # 2: APPEARANCES ARE REQUIRED AT 8:30 A.M. ON THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2019 IN DEPARTMENT NINE.

Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery.
Plaintiff filed the instant motion on May 2, 2019, asserting that Defendant Carolyn MacRae, doing business as The Design Shoppe, had failed to answer form interrogatories, respond to the request for production of documents, and respond to the Requests for Admissio...

Raj Singh’s Motion for Joinder.
On October 2, 2017 petitioner City of Placerville (City) filed a petition against the alleged owner of the subject real property for appointment of a receiver pursuant to Health and Safety Code, § 17980.7 due to the alleged owner’s alleged failure and refusal to comply wi...