California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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A.K. v. B.L. CA3
A.K. (mother) and B.L. (father) are the parents of a child (the minor) who was born in 2021. Because father perpetrated domestic violence against mother, a rebuttable presumption arose that awarding father any kind of custody of the minor was detrimental to the minor’s best inter…
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Zavaleta v. Superior Court CA4/1
INTRODUCTION Fabiola Garcia Zavaleta (Garcia) seeks an order directing Todd Matthew Beaver to return their daughter, HBG, to Garcia’s custody in Mexico. She contends the trial court erred when it denied her petition under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International…
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Yayan v. Lee CA6
YAYAN, INC., H053483 (Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 24CV452820) v. Defendant and Appellant
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Weston v. Dept. of Transportation CA3
Plaintiff Caryl Lynn Weston appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of defendants, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and Caltrans employee Mark Allen Lawson, after the trial court sustained without leave to amend defendants’ demurrer to Weston’s…
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Valle v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan CA4/2
The petition for rehearing filed by appellant on August 24, 2026, is denied. The opinion filed in this matter on August 7, 2026, is modified as follows: On page three of the opinion, within the paragraph that starts “Second, Valle
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Turner v. Jung CA6
Appellant Bumsik Jung challenges a domestic violence restraining order issued against him. Jung argues that the trial court abused its discretion by issuing the order and that he did not consent to a court commissioner acting as a temporary judge. For the reasons stated here, we …
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Stringcandy v. Am. Federation of Musicians etc. CA2/7
Stringcandy LLC and its managing member Stephanie Matthews appeal from an order of dismissal entered in favor of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (Federation) after the trial court sustained without leave to amend the Federation’s demurrer to t…
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Seaberg v. Specific Properties CA5
-ooOoo- This appeal arises from a complaint that appellant Jeffrey Seaberg filed against respondent Specific Properties, LLC (Specific Properties). Seaberg claimed that a part owner of Specific Properties, respondent John Foggy, received excess distributions from Specific Propert…
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Rouse v. Stanford Health Care CA6
Cheryl Rouse filed this action for medical malpractice against defendants Stanford Health Care (Stanford) and Benjamin Chung, M.D. (Dr. Chung). Rouse alleged that in December 2019, defendants had negligently performed surgery, a robotic nephrectomy, for the removal of her right k…
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Romero v. Jones CA4/3
Plaintiff Marshell Romero appeals from an order granting defendant Geraldine Jones’s motion to quash service of summons for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm. Romero did not establish through admissible evidence that Jones has sufficient minimum contacts with California to…
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Ran v. Stockton Unified School Dist. CA3
Qijun Ran (Ran) is a former employee of the Stockton Unified School District (the district). In 2019, Ran attempted to privately mediate online harassment of a district student and her family. District police officers arrested Ran on suspicion of harassing the student but later d…
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Prince v. Prince CA4/1
Appellant Teresa Sunder Prince appeals from two orders of the court, one involving the modification of child and spousal support as between her and her ex-husband, Stephen Prince, and another ordering her to pay Stephen $2,500 in attorney fee sanctions in connection with an unsuc…
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Pacifica San Juan Community Assn. v. City of San Juan Capistrano CA4/3
* * * Plaintiff Pacifica San Juan Community Association appeals from the denial of its petition for a writ of mandate challenging respondent the City of San Juan Capistrano’s approval of a real estate project. The Association contends (1) the project was subject to environmental …
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P. v. Mejorado CA3
In 2013, defendant Anthony Santos Mejorado was convicted of second degree murder along with other crimes, as well as several enhancements. In 2023, defendant petitioned for resentencing under Penal Code1 section 1172.6. The trial court held a hearing on the petition and denied it…
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P. v. Ramos CA4/1
Thus we affirm. Ramos’s first contention is that the prosecution engaged in vindictive prosecution and that the trial court erred in denying a motion seeking relief on this basis. To understand this contention it is necessary to be apprised of the manner in which the counts alleg…
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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. Burton CA2/1
Bernard Burton appeals from an order denying his petition for resentencing pursuant to Penal Code section 1171.1 Burton’s appointed counsel filed a brief identifying no issues on appeal, requesting that we determine appealability and that we follow the procedures outlined in Peop…
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P. v. Gray CA3
Defendant Adam Gray appeals the denial of his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court found that Gray was not entitled to relief because he was guilty of murder under two still-valid theories of murder liability. O…
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P. v. Dieck CA3
Defendant Austin William Dieck sexually abused his girlfriend’s daughter, L.L., over nearly a decade. He also physically abused his girlfriend C.R. and sexually abused another minor victim, S.Y. For the sexual abuse of L.L., a jury found defendant guilty on two counts of sexual i…
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P. v. Perry CA3
A jury found defendant David Perry guilty of first degree murder and attempted murder and found true additional allegations, including, as to the murder and attempted murder convictions, that defendant discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury. The trial court sentenced de…