California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal published (citable) opinions.
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In re Haney CA1/4
Filed 9/16/26 (unmodified version) CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* In re MONTE HANEY A170412 on Habeas Corpus. (San Francisco City & County Super. Ct. No. 02052883) Monte Haney, currently incarcerated in prison, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under Penal Code section 14…
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A.S. v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. CA2/8
An employer may want to know if job applicants have criminal records. A competing interest favors rehabilitation by ensuring small past mistakes do not doom good workers to a lifetime of impoverished employment opportunities. The California Legislature has been active in adjustin…
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VHS Liquidating Trust v. MultiPlan Corp. CA1/3
The settlement required insurers to fund in its stead the creation of an independent price-reference database called FAIR. VHS alleges that rather than use the FAIR database, major insurers soon “continued essentially the same conduct through MultiPlan.” The Alleged MultiPlan Sch…
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P. v. Centeno CA1/3
Defendant Jose Anthony Centeno appeals his convictions for kidnapping to exact money or valuable things, forcible rape, forcible sodomy, and assault upon a victim under the age of 18 with intent to commit a lewd or lascivious act; he does not challenge his other convictions. He c…
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Montes v. Superior Court CA4/2
Box v. Superior Court (2022) 87 Cal.App.5th 60, 67 (Box) stated that a defendant may obtain postconviction discovery of the prosecution’s jury selection notes only upon making a “prima facie case of racial bias.” Legislation effective at the beginning of this
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F.L. v. Superior Court CA4/2
Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.452, petitioner F.L. (Mother) has filed a petition for extraordinary writ relief with respect to the juvenile court’s setting of a Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 366.26 hearing regarding her son, M.B. (Minor,
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Scott v. Ulta Beauty, Inc. CA2/5
Plaintiffs Erin Scott, Margaret Cruz, Paige Vasseur, Elizabeth Marie Salcedo, Xochitl Poblano, and Joohyee Kim (Kim) (collectively, plaintiffs) filed a putative class action against Ulta Beauty, Inc., and Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (defendants) that alleges defendant…
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P. v. Adam CA1/4
Powers, confirmed the November 21, 2024, trial and continued the section 1382 motion to that date for Judge Nisperos to decide “because she’s the trial judge.” On November 21, 2024, the Honorable Judge Marlo S. Nisperos heard and denied the section 1382 motion to dismiss. At the …
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P. v. Bankers Ins. Co. CA2/5
I. INTRODUCTION A surety, Bankers Insurance Company, and its bail agent, Avengers Bail Bonds (collectively, the surety), appeal from a trial court’s judgment in the amount of $11,181.95, representing the costs of extraditing the criminal defendant (the defendant) for whom the sur…
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Irvine v. Irvine CA1/3
In May 2024, Eric Irvine obtained a domestic violence temporary restraining order (TRO) against his ex-wife, Tiare Irvine. 1 She was arrested a week later and charged with, among other things, battery of a former spouse. Three times, the trial court granted her requests to contin…
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P. v. Williams CA4/2
Defendant and appellant Demondre L. Williams appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion pursuant to the California Racial Justice Act (CRJA), as set forth in Penal Code section 745.1
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P. v. Superior Court CA5
-ooOoo- Real party in interest Andres Lyndell Jackson, a defendant in a criminal action, moved for pretrial mental health diversion pursuant to Penal Code1 section 1001.36. The People then filed a request to have Jackson submit to an examination by a prosecution- retained mental …
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Sujan v. UHS Corona CA4/2
Plaintiff Sunil Sujan, a physician who formerly practiced medicine with defendant Corona Regional Medical Center (CRMC), filed this lawsuit alleging CRMC and three individual defendants (Alaa Afifi, M.D., Imdad N. Yusufaly, M.D., and Ahmed El-
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P. v. Ammons CA2/6
Charles Nelson Ammons appeals his conviction, by jury, of the attempted murder of City of Pismo Beach police officer Christopher Siglin (Pen. Code, §§ 664/187),1 assault with a semi-automatic firearm on a police officer (§ 245, subd. (d)(2)), resisting an executive officer (§ 69)…
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In re Haney CA1/4
the Governor signed it in September 2020, and it went into effect January 1, 2021. a legislative intent to address the topic under Code of Civil Procedure section 231.7 instead of the RJA. Recognizing that the Attorney General’s position is now the law, I believe there are reason…
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Meehan v. Aguirre CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Plaintiff and Appellant Margaret Meehan appeals from an order granting in part defendants and respondents Jaime Aguirre and R & Y Castellanos Trucking, Inc.’s (defendants) motion to tax costs. Meehan, the prevailing party in her personal injury action…
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Szewczyk v. Orange County Employees Retirement System CA4/3
Pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Gov. Code, § 31450 et seq.) (CERL), a County of Orange (County) employee receives a pension amount based in part on the employee’s “‘[c]ompensation earnable’” (§ 31461, subd. (a).). 1 “‘Compensation earnable’” is defined as…
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State of Cal. ex rel. Dept. of Transportation v. Herc Rentals, Inc CA1/5
Plaintiff and appellant the State of California, by and through the Department of Transportation (State), appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant and respondent Herc Rentals, Inc. (Herc). Herc, the shipper, loaded an undocked boom lift…
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Sakach v. County of Marin CA1/5
Pro per plaintiff and appellant Tim Sakach received an adverse administrative decision in a code enforcement action brought by defendant and respondent County of Marin (County). On his last day to appeal the decision, Sakach submitted a notice of appeal to the Marin County Superi…
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P. v. Singh CA2/6
Kavi Michael Singh violently raped a university freshman in her dorm room. A felony information charged appellant with forcible rape (Penal Code, 1 § 261, subd. (a)(2)), oral copulation against victim’s will by force, duress, menace, or fear (§ 287, subd. (c)(2)(A)), sexual penet…