California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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Menifee Neighbors Care v. City of Menifee CA4/2
Respondents Mister Car Wash and Trevor Buhl proposed building a daycare and car wash (the Project) on a vacant lot in the City of Menifee. In approving the Project, the City found that it was exempt from review under the California Environmental
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Marriage of Lino and Jeanne B. CA2/6
In re Marriage of LINO and 2d Civ. No. B338128 JEANNE B. (Super. Ct. No. 14FL-0681) (San Luis Obispo County) Respondent, VERSION OF OPINION
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Marriage of Besh CA1/2
In re the Marriage of AMIRRA and Respondent, A175160 v. (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. HF21089492) Appellant. Following the status-only dissolution of their marriage, Basil R. Besh and his former wife, Amirra Elgamiel, executed a marital settlement agreement (MSA) resolving all r…
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In re D.B. CA1/1
In February 2026, the juvenile court removed D.M.B. from the custody of her parents, D.B. (Father) and E.N. (Mother).1 (Welf. & Inst. Code,2 § 361.) Father contends on appeal that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support removal, (2) substantial evidence did not support the…
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In re M.M. CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ L.J. (father) and Brittany M. (mother) appeal from an order terminating dependency jurisdiction and placing their daughter M. in a legal guardianship. The parents contend that the juvenile court abused its discretion by denying their request to contin…
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In re N.B. CA3
In 2023, a juvenile wardship petition charged N.B. with the attempted murder of her mother, N.G. (mother), the murder and robbery of Xavier Morales (mother’s boyfriend), and the child endangerment of her younger sister based on the sister’s presence in the room where the crimes w…
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In re M.K. CA4/2
A.K. (Father) appeals from the juvenile court’s summary denial of his petition under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 388 to modify the order bypassing family reunification services as to his son, M.K. We find that the juvenile court did not abuse its
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In re M.M. CA5
-ooOoo- J.P. (mother) and M.M., Jr. (father) (collectively, parents), who share two sons, now nearly three-year-old M.M. and nearly two-year-old J.M. (collectively, the children), appeal from the juvenile court’s orders issued at a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.261 he…
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Fragoso v. La Come CA2/5
****** An attorney representing the defendant in a contract dispute failed to appear at trial, and so the defendant represented himself at the one-day bench trial. After a six-figure judgment was entered against the defendant, he moved to vacate the judgment on the ground that hi…
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Doe v. County of San Diego CA4/1
Timothy Wilson, an off-duty sheriff’s deputy, groped 14-year-old Jane Doe at a restaurant and later used the sheriff’s department computer system to access Doe’s personal information. As relevant here, Doe sued Wilson’s employer, The County of San Diego, for common law invasion o…
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Daneshrad v. Danesh CA2/1
Plaintiff Mojdeh Michelle Daneshrad appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant Nick Danesh. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged defendant misrepresented or failed to disclose material facts when he sold a property to plaintiff. Following a bench trial, the trial court found plaintif…
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Ceballos v. County of Los Angeles CA2/1
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Plaintiff and appellant Ronald Ceballos sued defendant and respondent County of Los Angeles (the County) for malicious prosecution and other state law causes of action. Ceballos alleges the County wrongfully prosecuted him in connection with a $2,169 overpayme…
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Torian v. Herchko CA2/2
Griffen J. Herchko appeals from the denial of a motion to vacate a three-year civil harassment restraining order. The restraining order was entered approximately two-and-a-half years before Herchko moved to vacate it. Herchko’s motion was procedurally improper and untimely. Moreo…
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Soltanabadi v. Aminpour CA2/1
INTRODUCTION After having judgment entered against him for approximately $4.86 million in a business dispute, Ahmad Soltanabadi turned around and sued persons and entities involved in that same business: Ataollah Aminpour, Michael Aminpour, Daniel Aminpour, MD Management 55, Inc.…
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Shell v. Super. Ct. CA2/3
As relevant to temporary spousal support, the order stated: For reasons discussed in Discussion Section I., we treat the appeal as a petition for writ of mandate. “A. The Court finds that pendente lite spousal support payable by [Christofferson] to [Shell] is appropriate in light…
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P. v. Ramsey CA2/5
I. INTRODUCTION Defendant Tyrone Ramsey appeals from the trial court’s judgment on resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.75,1 arguing the court abused its discretion when it denied his motion under People v. Romero (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497 (Romero motion) to dismiss hi…
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P. v. Gonzalez CA4/1
Juan Luis Gonzalez appeals from a judgment following a jury trial in which he was convicted of murdering Felipe Facundo. Gonzalez contends that there was not sufficient evidence to support a finding that injuries he had inflicted on Facundo were a substantial factor in causing Fa…
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P. v. Bloomberg CA4/1
Ryan Noah Bloomberg appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of a felony drug offense and the court imposed a sentence including a period of mandatory supervision. He challenges a supervision condition providing he was not to “knowingly own, transport, sell, or …
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P. v. Gomez CA1/3
In 2019, Mario Edwin Gomez pled no contest to offenses and sentence enhancements related to his abuse of his wife, Jane Doe, in exchange for a stipulated 20-year prison term. Years later, he petitioned for resentencing based on his military service-related post-traumatic stress d…
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P. v. Bankers Insurance 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 entry of judgment against it. We affirm.