DATE: 01/31/23 TIME: 1:30 P.M. DEPT: A CASE NO: CV1902225
PRESIDING: HON. STEPHEN P. FRECCERO
REPORTER: CLERK: Q. ROARY
PLAINTIFF: KAYLIN PAGAN
and
DEFENDANT: LESLY AMANDA
VELASQUEZ, ET AL
NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS: MOTION TO CHANGE VENUE [DEFT] CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL
RULING
The Motion for Change of Venue Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 394 subdivision
(a) brought by Defendant/Cross-Complainant City of San Rafael (“the City”) is DENIED.
Background
This case involves an automobile accident. On January 4, 2018, plaintiff Kaylin Pagan
(“Plaintiff”), a minor at the time, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by defendant Lesly A.
Velasquez. In the accident, Plaintiff suffered fractured vertebra and an amputated thumb, among
other injuries.
This action was filed on June 3, 2019. Plaintiff substituted the City as a "doe defendant" to the
action on July 2, 2019. The City filed a cross-complaint against Lesly A. Velasquez and Rudy
Velasquez (who has since been dismissed) on November 8, 2019.