California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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In re Y.L. CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ After Cynthia L. (mother) failed to reunify with her son, Y.L., the juvenile court ordered legal guardianship as the permanent plan and, eventually, terminated dependency jurisdiction. A little over five months later, mother filed a petition pursuant …
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HSG Trading Limited v. Vanilla Bay CA2/2
Defendants Vanilla Bay and Jong Gook Lee appeal the judgment against them entered following the motion for summary judgment or, alternatively, adjudication (the Motion) filed by Plaintiff HSG (HK) Trading Limited (HSG). The trial court found Vanilla Bay liable for breach of contr…
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Domingo Villas v. Tarnutzer CA4/3
* * * Plaintiffs and cross-defendants Domingo Villas, Inc. (Domingo Villas) and David T. Chamberlain appeal the judgment entered against them in the underlying action, as well as a postjudgment order in which the trial court denied plaintiffs’ posttrial motions, including a motio…
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Contract Decor v. Icon West CA2/3
Icon West, Inc. and Contract Décor, Inc. made an agreement containing an arbitration provision. After a dispute arose, Icon West initiated arbitration against Contract Décor and its officer, David Stewart.1 Neither Contract Décor nor David Stewart (Stewart) participated in the ar…
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Choi v. Song CA2/2
****** Defendant and appellant Hae Sook Song (appellant)1 appeals from an order denying her special motion to strike pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (anti-SLAPP motion) against plaintiff and respondent Soon Bok Choi, also known as Soon Bok Yoon (respondent).2 A…
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Carde v. Endeavor Group Holdings CA2/8
The trial court granted summary judgment to Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (Endeavor) in this implied contract action filed by David Carde. We affirm. In September 2019, Carde’s attorney e-mailed a document (Carde labels it the “Analysis”; Endeavor calls it the “Essay”) Carde had …
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Villafuerte v. Ramos CA2/2
Appellant Mario Robert Ramos (appellant) appeals from an order entered February 24, 2025. Appellant does not explain the nature of the order entered on this date, nor does he provide a citation to the record where the order can be found. He has provided no reporter’s transcript o…
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Tilakamonkul v. Tilakamonkul CA2/8
Family members who operated a collection of California- based Thai restaurants disagreed about who amongst them was still an owner of their business enterprise and could lay claim to its assets. The consensus was that two of seven brothers, Vichit and Somsak Tilakamonkul, had bee…
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San Benito High School Dist. v. San Benito County Bd. of Ed. CA6
SAN BENITO HIGH SCHOOL H053061 DISTRICT, (San Benito County Super. Ct. No. CU-24-00026) Plaintiff and Appellant,
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Rodriguez v. Acuna CA4/1
The trial court denied Miguel Rodriguez’s request for a civil harassment restraining order against Maria Cristina Acuña. Rodriguez appealed on several grounds, but due to the limited record he provided us, he fails to establish error. We therefore affirm. II. BACKGROUND Rodriguez…
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Rodriguez v. Acuna CA4/1
The trial court denied Miguel Rodriguez’s request for a civil harassment restraining order against Pedro Acuña. Rodriguez appealed on several grounds, but due to the limited record he provided us, he fails to establish error. We therefore affirm. II. BACKGROUND Rodriguez lives in…
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Richardson v. Crowell CA4/1
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 In May 2022, Patrick Richardson, an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), was written up by department clinical psychologist Brittany Crowell. Richardson sued Crowell for damages in September 2022, alleging under var…
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Rankin v. Cal. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation CA2/7
Rankin alleged that on September 29, 2018, he was incarcerated when he requested medical assistance. At that time, Rankin was “partially paralyzed from the waist down” and “needed the permission and assistance of CDCR to move to obtain medical assistance.” Rankin alleged that Kar…
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P. v. Burton CA4/2
At a hearing pursuant to Penal Code section 1172.75,1 the court found defendant and appellant Shawn Morgan Burton ineligible for resentencing. On appeal, defendant contends the court erred in declining to give him a resentencing hearing. We reverse and
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P. v. Colin CA4/1
Socorro Vidal Colin, a noncitizen, was deported to Mexico after she was convicted by a jury of two drug offenses and two counts of felony child abuse. She moved under Penal Code section 1473.7 to vacate her convictions, claiming that she would have tried to negotiate an immigrati…
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P. v. Neal CA1/3
Defendant Joseph Albert Neal appeals from a judgment entered after pleading no contest to felony lewd act upon a child and admitting a prior strike conviction. Prior to sentencing, Neal filed a Romero1 motion to dismiss his admitted prior strike, which the court denied. The court…
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P. v. Foley CA2/2
THE COURT: In 2009, defendant and appellant Michael Foley (defendant) was convicted by a jury of one count of kidnapping to commit another crime (Pen. Code,1 § 209, subd. (b)(1); count 1), one count of robbery (§ 211; count 2), and one count of false imprisonment of an elder, dep…
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P. v. Steele CA2/7
Damian Steele appeals from the superior court’s postjudgment order declining his request to recall and resentence him pursuant to Penal Code1 section 1172.1. We appointed counsel to represent Steele on appeal. After reviewing the record, counsel for Steele filed a brief pursuant …
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P. v. Gonzalez CA2/2
Defendant and appellant Marlon Gonzalez (defendant) appeals from the superior court’s order denying his petition for resentencing pursuant to Penal Code1 section 1172.6. The court appointed counsel for defendant and, after briefing, denied the petition at the prima facie stage on…
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P. v. Randhawa CA1/5
Super. Ct. No. FCR347029) This case is before us for a second time. Our prior opinion reversed defendant’s convictions based on instructional error. (People v. Randhawa (Dec. 22, 2023, A163938) [nonpub. opn.] (Randhawa).) Defendant was retried on remand. He was again convicted of…