8:30 a.m. TORRANCE – A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Rudy DeCasas,
who is charged with his 69-year-old mother’s stabbing death. Dept. L, Torrance
Courthouse, 825 Maple Ave. Contact: (310) 787-3725.
8:30 a.m. LONG BEACH – A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Jazmin
Montanez and Anthony Paz, who are charged in the death of a man whose body was
found in a recreational vehicle in Long Beach after a fire. Three co-defendants
negotiated a plea with prosecutors. Dept. S23, Long Beach Courthouse, 275
Magnolia Ave. Contact: (562) 256-2207.
8:30 a.m. LANCASTER – A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Jaime Alberto
Espinoza and Fernando Albarran, who are charged with attempted murder in the
car-to-car shooting of a teenage girl in Palmdale. Dept. A17, Lancaster
Courthouse, 42011 4th Street West. Contact: (661) 483-5517.
8:30 a.m. POMONA – A trial-readiness conference is scheduled for Steven
David Crow, who is charged with murder and drug counts for allegedly giving his
girlfriend a fatal dose of heroin while she was hospitalized for a drug-related
infection. Dept. N, Pomona Courthouse, 400 Civic Center Plaza. Contact: (909)
802-1116.
8:30 a.m. VAN NUYS – A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Ricardo Javier
Tapia, who is charged with a shooting in Reseda that left a 73-year-old man
dead and his 61-year-old wife critically wounded. Dept. V, Van Nuys Courthouse,
14400 Erwin Street Mall. Contact: (818) 989-6818.
8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER – A status conference is scheduled a lawsuit by
Los Angeles police officers John Manoogian, Jose Martinez and Sherry Hevner-
Rygh against the city. They allege personnel complaints were initiated against
them in retaliation for refusing to go along with management requests that they
assist in finding that their supervisor, Detective William Cooper, had engaged
in misconduct and violated LAPD policy. Dept. 58, County Courthouse, 111 N.
Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 633-0658.
8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER – A motions hearing is scheduled in Hedda
Muskat’s lawsuit against Ashton Kutcher’s production company Katalyst Media.
She alleges they pushed her out of a show she pitched about the Department of
Motor Vehicles. Dept. 50, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court
clerk, (213) 633-0650.
8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER – A post-trial motions hearing is scheduled in a
lawsuit filed against Los Angeles Unified on behalf of a disabled girl who was
3 years old when she was allegedly sexually assaulted in October 2010 by a bus
driver who was contracted by the LAUSD with First Student Inc. to drive her to
and from Esperanza Elementary School. A jury found in favor of the district and
the company. Dept. 36, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court
clerk, (213) 633-0156.
8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER – A final status conference is scheduled in
Ermine Nelson’s negligence lawsuit against the city of Santa Monica. She
alleges that city police officer’s negligent driving resulted in a fatal
collision that killed her son, Walter James, who was riding a motor scooter.
Dept. 91, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 633-
1091.
8:30 a.m. SANTA MONICA – A case management conference is scheduled in a
wrongful death lawsuit brought by the three sons of Kyla Dupont against the
estate of Mark Benjamin, who piloted a plane that crashed at Santa Monica
Airport, killing all four aboard. Dept. O, Santa Monica Courthouse, 1725 Main
St. Contact: court clerk, (310) 285-1866.
8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER – A final status conference is scheduled in
Felipa Christina Branes-Guerrero’s lawsuit against Los Angeles County and Noven
Lazaro. The relief registered nurse alleges she was mistreated and subjected to
constant criticism by Lazaro, her boss, while working at Harbor-UCLA Medical
Center in Torrance. She also alleges he gave preferential treatment to nurses
of Filipino descent. Dept. 62, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact:
court clerk, (213) 633-1062.
