Opinion
8:21-CV-00916-CJC-(JDEx)
06-08-2021
LIDO LIVE TV, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA EXOTIC NOVELTIES, LLC dba CALEXOTICS, a Limited Liability Company; VIDEO MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIES, INC.; DAVID BETESH, an individual, SUSAN COLVIN, an individual, and DOES 1 through 30, INCLUSIVE Defendants.
Orange County Superior Court No. 30-2021-01190546-CU-BC-CJC.
ORDER TO SEVER AND PARTIALLY REMAND
Hon. Cormac J. Carney, J.
Having considered the Stipulation to Sever and Partially Remand agreed to by Plaintiff Lido Live TV, LLC (“LLTV”); Defendants California Exotic Novelties, LLC dba CalExotics (“CalExotics”) and Susan Colvin (“Colvin”) (collectively, Calexotics and Colvin are sometimes referred to herein as the “CalExotic Defendants”); and Defendants Video Management Industries, Inc. (“VMI”) and David Betesh (“Betesh”) (collectively, VMI and Betesh are sometimes referred to herein as the “VMI Defendants”):
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Counts I through V of Plaintiff Lido Live TV, LLC's Complaint are severed as against the CalExotic Defendants; and
2. The claims against the CalExotic Defendants are remanded back the Superior Court of the State of California, Orange County, No. 30-2021-01190546-CU-BC-CJC; and
3. Diversity jurisdiction exists as and between Plaintiff Lido Live TV, LLC and VMI Defendants and this Court shall retain jurisdiction over Counts VI and VII of Plaintiff's Complaint; and
4. The caption of this action shall be amended as follows:
LIDO LIVE TV, LLC, Plaintiff,
v.
VIDEO MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIES, INC.; DAVID BETESH, an individual, Defendants.