On October 29, 2022, Judge Erithe A. Smith will retire from the bench. Effective September 1, 2022, Judge Smith’s pending Santa Ana Division bankruptcy cases and related adversary proceedings will be reassigned to other judges as follows:
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Cases and Related Adversary Proceedings
Judge Smith will retain adversary proceeding 8:20-ap-01115-ES. The remainder of her pending chapter 7 cases will be reassigned to Judge Scott C. Clarkson.
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases and Related Adversary Proceedings
Judge Smith will retain her pending chapter 11 cases and related adversary proceedings with the exception of the following bankruptcy cases and related adversary proceedings, which will be reassigned to Judge Scott C. Clarkson:
| Case Number | Debtor | Judge’s Initials |
| 8:21-bk-10135 | Chase Merritt Global Fund LLC | SC |
| 8:21-bk-10525 | The Source Hotel, LLC | SC |
| 8:21-bk-10608 | DEA Brothers Sisters LLC | SC |
| 8:21-bk-10957 | 3100 E. Imperial Investment, LLC | SC |
| 8:21-bk-10958 | Plamex Investment, LLC | SC |
| 8:21-bk-11648 | Joyful Care Caregiving Services, Inc. | SC |
| 8:21-bk-11723 | Advantage Manufacturing, Inc. | SC |
| 8:21-bk-12158 | Besthost Inn, LLC | SC |
| 8:21-bk-12493 | Donald Chae | SC |
| 8:21-bk-12430 | Murrieta Holdings 2012-12 LLC | SC |
| 8:21-bk-12479 | Mountain Vista Holdings, LLC | SC |
| 8:22-bk-10087 | Amir Keivan Hedayat and Minou M. Hedayat | SC |
| 8:22-bk-10260 | Horizon Communications Technologies, Inc. | SC |
| 8:22-bk-10296 | Arian Mowlavi | SC |
| 8:22-bk-10348 | Emerald Seven, LLC | SC |
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases and Related Adversary Proceedings
Judge Smith’s pending chapter 13 cases and related adversary proceedings will be reassigned to Judge Mark D. Houle.
Hearings on Reassigned Cases and Adversary Proceedings
To schedule matters on Judge Scott C. Clarkson’s calendars, please contact Judge Clarkson’s Courtroom Deputy at (714) 338-5378. To schedule matters on Judge Mark D. Houle’s calendars, please contact Judge Houle’s Courtroom Deputy at (951) 774-1085.
Following the reassignments, the judge’s initials at the end of the bankruptcy case and adversary proceeding numbers shall be changed to those to whom the matter was reassigned.
KATHLEEN J. CAMPBELL
CLERK OF COURT
