California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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Kung Fury 2 Europe UG v. Creasun Entertainment CA2/7
Creasun Entertainment USA, Inc. and its principal Minglu Ma (collectively, Creasun) appeal from a judgment in favor of Kung Fury 2 Europe UG (Kung Fury) after the trial court granted Kung Fury’s motion to enforce the parties’ settlement agreement under Code of Civil Procedure sec…
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Keshishyan v. County of L.A. CA2/7
Armenui Ivette Keshishyan appeals after a bench trial in which the trial court determined she breached an agreement to settle her lawsuit against her employer and supervisor, the County of Los Angeles and Carlos Carranza (defendants). The agreement, reached during private mediati…
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J.G. v. Superior Court CA1/1
Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF A176808 (Alameda County Respondent; Super. Ct. No. JD-041179-01) Real Party in Interest. J.G. (mother) petitions this court for extraordinary writ review of a juvenile court order setting a selection-and-implementation hearing under Welfare an…
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In re L.W. CA4/2
Defendants and appellants, K.D. (Mother) and L.W. (Father) appeal the juvenile court’s dispositional order denying them reunification services with their five minor dependent children under Welfare and Institutions Code section 361.5, subdivisions (b)(5) and (6). We affirm.
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In re J.P. CA2/2
H.P. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s orders terminating jurisdiction over her sons J.P., Jr. (born Nov. 2013) and N.P. (born Sept. 2017) (collectively, the children), as well as the exit orders granting J.P. (father) sole legal and physical custody and limiting mother …
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In re T.Q. CA2/5
****** Miguel T. (Miguel) argues that the juvenile court erred in denying his petition seeking to restart juvenile dependency proceedings that had been ongoing for more than eight years, based on his allegation that insufficient efforts had been made to locate him at the outset o…
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In re M.P. CA2/5
****** In this juvenile dependency proceeding, both parents appeal from orders (1) denying their petitions under Welfare and Institutions Code section 3881 to modify prior orders and grant additional reunification services for their young twin children, and (2) terminating their …
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In re Violet R.L. CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ S.L. (mother) appeals from a juvenile court order terminating parental rights to her daughter, Violet R.L. Mother contends the juvenile court abused its discretion by concluding that the beneficial parent-child relationship exception to adoption did n…
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Hokanson v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ After David Hokanson sued Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, his former employer, Northrop moved to compel arbitration based on an arbitration agreement in Hokanson’s employment contract. Hokanson argued that the agreement had expired by the time o…
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Zorikova v. Wiesand CA4/2
I. Defendant and appellant, Rosalinda Wiesand appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion to vacate a default judgment entered against her. We affirm.
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Tarzana Property v. Work CA2/5
****** In this action for breach of a residential lease agreement between a limited liability company who owns a residential property and its tenant, the former owner and managing member of the company filed a motion for leave to intervene under the mandatory intervention provisi…
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SM 10000 Property v. Chakchay CA2/5
Plaintiff and appellant SM 10000 Property, LLC (landlord) filed an unlawful detainer action against defendants and respondents Michel Chakchay, Georgio Chakchay, and Maya Haider (collectively, tenants).1 After a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of tenants, a…
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P. v. Laster CA4/1
Rickey Tyrone Laster was convicted by a jury of premeditated murder following a shootout at a gas station. The victim started a fistfight that ended when Laster was knocked to the ground. A few seconds later, the victim shot at Laster, who had retreated to his car where he had st…
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P. v. Amaya CA4/2
In August 2025 the trial court resentenced Robert Steven Amaya under Penal Code section 1172.75.1 Amaya appealed. His attorney filed a brief under the authority of People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) and Anders v. California (1967)
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P. v. Ramey CA1/3
After Ramya Rae Ramey was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving causing injuries, the trial court ordered her to pay $303,362.04 in restitution. She appeals. We affirm. In December 2021, a jury found Ramey guilty of two counts of vehicular manslaughter and two …
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P. v. Tribbey-Braggs CA3
In 2023, a jury found defendant Jamil Aquan Tribbey-Braggs guilty of sexual penetration by force, assault with intent to commit rape and/or unlawful sexual penetration, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The trial court sentenced defendant to 12 years eight month…
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P. v. Hamilton CA5
-ooOoo- A jury convicted defendant Keith Hamilton of second degree murder and accessory after the fact in the March 2023 fatal shooting of victim Christopher Pudwill. Hamilton raises a single issue on appeal: whether the trial evidence was sufficient to support his conviction for…
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P. v. Beadle CA1/2
Following a jury trial, defendant Daniel Thomas Beadle was convicted of aggravated domestic violence, false imprisonment, interference with a wireless communication device, and vandalism. He was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison. On appeal he raises two issues: f…
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P. v. Norton CA2/7
INTRODUCTION Marcel D. Norton burglarized Michelle Alexander’s home. At the time, Alexander lived with her daughter-in-law, Donnaysia Brinkley. Alexander’s daughter, Lanetta Stuckey, used to live in the apartment, but she had moved out. When Norton entered Alexander’s home, he as…
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P. v. Chapman CA2/7
INTRODUCTION This is Ronald Joe Chapman’s third appeal. In 1992 a jury convicted him of first degree murder, robbery, and burglary and found true the allegation a principal (Chapman’s codefendant Haiji Whitsey) was armed with a firearm while committing the offenses. The trial cou…