(a) Fields occupied No trial court, or any division or branch of a trial court, may enact or enforce any local rule concerning these fields. All local rules concerning these fields are null and void unless otherwise permitted or required by a statute or a rule in the California Rules of Court.
A case is dismissed without prejudice if 1) it is not resolved on the merits but for some reason is technically deficient as filed and the judge so rules, or, 2) the plaintiff moves for a voluntary dismissal for some reason.
San Diego County Superior Court Rule 2.1. 15 states, "A trial readiness conference generally will be scheduled for four weeks before the trial date." The trial readiness conference is an opportunity for the parties to attempt to resolve the case, or at least limit the issues for trial.
C.C.P. § 436 allows for a motion to strike “any irrelevant, false, or improper matter asserted in any pleading” or portion of a pleading “not drawn of filed in conformity with the laws of this state.” A motion to strike is proper “when a substantive defect is clear from the face of a complaint.” (PH II, Inc.
Submission of Evidence. In ance with San Diego Local Rule 2.5. 8, the court may permit parties to appear by telephone or video in civil cases. Refer to your Notice of Hearing and the court's website at for the most current instructions on how to appear and how to submit evidence.
Rule 3.1204. Contents of notice and declaration regarding notice (a) Contents of notice. When notice of an ex parte application is given, the person giving notice must. (b) Declaration regarding notice. (c) Explanation for shorter notice.
A pleading may be amended once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted, the pleading may be amended at any time within 20 days after it is served or before the initial status hearing has been held, whichever occurs ...
A Demurrer is used to challenge the legal sufficiency or clarity of the claims. A Motion to Strike is used to challenge improper or irrelevant information, or complaints not made in conformity with laws, rules, or court orders.
What happens with one "strike" prior? A defendant who is convicted of any new felony who has one "strike" prior (known as a second striker) must go to prison (i.e., cannot be sent to a rehab facility or placed on probation) for twice the sentence otherwise prescribed for the new offense.
So if a case is dismissed without prejudice, the plaintiff may have a limited amount of time in which to re-file the complaint. Once the two-year deadline expires, so does the plaintiff's chance of re-filing the complaint. So clearly, time is of the essence when a case is dismissed without prejudice.