California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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J.P. v. Sutter Health CA1/2
Laura Holloway, a 37-year-old mother of two, died at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in 2018. (J.P. v. Sutter Bay Hospitals (Jan. 9, 2026, A171454) [nonpub. opn.] (J.P. I).)1 Medical records indicate that Holloway was found seizing on the floor of her hospital room on September …
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Interstate Automobile Network v. Kazanchian CA2/2
Interstate Automobile Network, Inc., dba Luxury Auto Leasing (Luxury Auto Leasing), sued Onnik Kazanchian (Kazanchian), asserting ownership of a Lamborghini Kazanchian had purchased. The individual who sold the vehicle to Kazanchian had purchased it through an invalid lien sale. …
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In re Ra.A. CA4/2
INTRODUCTION Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) challenges the juvenile court’s order providing R.A. (father) with reunification services. DPSS seeks to
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In re V.K. CA4/2
I. S.K. (Father) appeals from the juvenile court’s dispositional order bypassing reunification services to him under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 361.5,
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In re Jasper M. CA4/2
In this dependency proceeding, A.M. (Mother) and J.S. (Father) challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the juvenile court’s order removing their three minor children under Welfare and Institutions Code section 361, subdivision (c)(1)
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In re M.B. CA2/4
A.B. (mother) is the adoptive mother of M.B., a dependent child removed from her care. She is also the adoptive mother of T.B. and A.B., who are in her care and not subject to these dependency proceedings. Over mother’s objection, the juvenile court ordered continued visitation b…
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In re E.P. CA2/2
Defendant and appellant D.Z. (mother) challenges the juvenile court’s order implementing a permanent plan for her son, E.P., Jr. (minor, born Jan. 2022). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.)1 The order established legal guardianship for minor and ordered monitored visits for mother an…
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In re J.P. CA3
This appeal arises from a Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 602 proceeding. The minor, J.P. (minor), appeals the judgment and the jurisdictional findings from his fourth petition, which resulted in a commitment to juvenile hall for a period of 360 days. Minor’s appointed co…
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In re D.V. CA4/2
Defendant and appellant L.V. (father) appeals from an order terminating parental rights to his daughter. His only argument is that plaintiff and respondent Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (department) failed to conduct an adequate
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Herron v. San Diego Unified Port Dist. CA4/1
Matthew V. Herron appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the San Diego Unified Port District (the Port District) following its successful demurrer to his petition for writ of mandate. This is the latest in a series of legal actions attacking the Port District’s management of…
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Gillespie v. Superior Court CA4/1
Crystal Gillespie seeks writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order denying her application for pretrial mental health diversion under Penal Code1 section 1001.36. The trial court determined Gillespie was ineligible for diversion and did not reach the question w…
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Estate of Fernandez CA2/4
Appellant Nilda Moretti appeals from the probate court’s order finding that cashier’s checks located in the home of decedent Peter Fernandez (“Pedro”) at the time of his death belonged to Pedro’s estate.1 The cashier’s checks were issued to Pedro when his bank closed his accounts…
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Escamilla v. Perry CA4/3
Daniel Escamilla appeals from the trial court’s order granting Michael Perry, Larry Roberts, and the Perry Law Firm’s (Perry Firm) anti- SLAPP motion striking Escamilla’s abuse of process cause of action. Escamilla argues the court erred, first, in accepting the late filed motion…
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Deasey v. Bd. of Trustees of the Cal. State U. CA4/1
Shannon Leonard Deasey filed a complaint against the Board of Trustees of the California State University, San Bernardino (the University) after it terminated his employment as a campus police officer, alleging race discrimination and failure to prevent discrimination in violatio…
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P. v. Zepeda CA3
In July 2021, defendant Jorge Armando Zepeda drove his truck twice over a man and killed him, the second time going over the curb and striking a woman who came to the victim’s aid, rear-ended a car and assaulted the driver with a tire iron, and beat then shot a man who tried to i…
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P. v. Harris CA4/2
This appeal is before us for the second time. In our first opinion we affirmed the order of the Riverside County Superior Court denying defendant and appellant Michael DeShawn Harris’ request for a resentencing hearing pursuant to section 1172.75 of the
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P. v. Olmos CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant Filemon Garcia Olmos was convicted of eight specific sexual offense charges against his minor stepdaughter, as well as one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child under age 14. On appeal, Olmos argues that because the time periods for the specific sexual off…
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P. v. Vasquez CA6
Jane Doe 11 alleged that defendant Manuel Vasquez—husband of her stepfather’s sister—molested her when she was in fifth or sixth grade until she was 14 years old. Among other allegations of abuse, Doe 1 stated that Vasquez twice raped her “on the Easter before COVID.”2 A jury con…
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P. v. Pasley CA3
After a preliminary hearing, defendant Devin Pasley was held to answer on felony corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition, misdemeanor animal cruelty, and misdemeanor vandalism. Before trial, the People orally dismissed the felony count and the misdemeanor vandalism cou…
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P. v. Ferguson CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Franson, Acting P. J., Snauffer, J. and Harrell, J. Defendant Branden Ferguson contends on appeal that: (1) the sentence on count 1 in case No. BF198882A (case 2) must be vacated because the trial court prejudicially erred by failing to obtain a personal waiver f…