Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: unlawful detainer

There really is no such thing as a request for dismissal unless the landlord (plaintiff) is the one filing it. You will either have to defend the case on the basis that the landlord has been made whole by keeping your deposit, or alternatively, you can contact the landlord and discuss the fact that he has received the money he was demanding, and ask that he dismiss. The later is not real likely. One other issue is that if you did not file an answer to the Unlawful Detainer complaint, it is likely that the landlord may have already obtained or will obtain a default judgment.

I would suggest that you need to have an attorney review this matter and help you determine what has transpired thus far, and where you stand. There are so many possible permutations of this that it is impossible on this forum to guess what you need to do next to protect yourself.

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