California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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Manzo v. Newrez, LLC CA2/4
INTRODUCTION We have no jurisdiction to hear untimely appeals. We conclude that Plaintiff Sidney L. Manzo’s appeal of a judgment is untimely. We cannot hear it.1 Manzo also appeals a postjudgment order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs. Manzo’s appeal of that order is timely. Bu…
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J.M. v. Garfield Medical Center CA2/1
Plaintiff Jennifer M., individually and as guardian ad litem for her minor daughter, plaintiff and respondent J.M., sued a hospital and two doctors for medical negligence.1 The trial court later granted J.M.’s petition for an order approving the settlement of her claims for $7,48…
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In re D.A. CA1/3
D.A. pled no contest to robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury. He also admitted to using a firearm in one of the robberies. The juvenile court committed him to the Briones Youth Academy Secure Track for the maximum basel…
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In re W.J. CA4/1
A.J. (Mother) appeals the juvenile court’s findings made at the dispositional hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code,1 section 361.2, subdivision (a), contending the San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency (Agency) failed to comply with inquiry requirements of …
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In re I.M. CA1/2
No. JD0000196) M.M. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s January 2026 jurisdictional and dispositional orders as to her minor child, I.M.1 (born in 2010), contending substantial evidence did not establish the current risk of serious physical harm necessary to establish juri…
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Gill v. Minhas CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Franson, Acting P. J., DeSantos, J. and Harrell, J. Defendant and appellant Sandeep Singh Minhas,1 in propria persona, filed a notice of appeal purporting to challenge the trial court’s order denying his motion to quash service of summons. We conclude the order i…
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Caldwell v. Quintero CA2/4
INTRODUCTION Defendant Chelsea Quintero1 appeals from an interlocutory default judgment entered against her mother and predecessor in interest, Iris Caldwell. After the notice of appeal was filed, the trial court set aside the default judgment. We conclude that this appeal is moo…
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Behrend v. San Francisco Zen Center Inc. CA1/4
MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Alexander Behrend appeals a judgment entered in favor of the San Francisco Zen Center Inc. (Center) and individual defendants Linda Galijan and Mike Smith on his claims for unpaid wages and related interest and penalties under Labor Code2 sections 98.1, 203, a…
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Wright v. Kokayi CA1/2
This is the third appeal by self-represented appellant Dustan Wright in an extremely litigious dispute with the administrator of the estate of Mary Esther Bates and her heirs over Wright’s continued occupancy of Bates’s home located in Oakland, California for more than a decade f…
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Trowbridge v. Pacific Life Ins. Co. CA4/3
* * * The beneficiaries of a trust sued Pacific Life Insurance Company asserting a claim for breach of fiduciary duty and civil conspiracy and seeking rescission with respect to Pacific Life’s underwriting of an indexed universal life insurance policy owned by the trust. The tria…
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Tripathi v. City of La Canada Flintridge CA2/1
Plaintiffs Daniel J. and Leanna Tripathi appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant and respondent City of La Cañada Flintridge (the City). The Tripathis argue the trial court erred in precluding one of their witnesses from offering expert testimony, and that error prevented th…
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The Regents of the U. of Cal. v. City of Riverside CA4/1
I The Regents of the University of California (hereafter, the Regents) filed a petition for writ of traditional mandamus and declaratory relief against the City of Riverside (hereafter, the City) challenging a sewer capacity charge that the City imposed on the Regents as a condit…
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Romero v. LaserAway CA2/1
Plaintiff Steven Romero appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial in an action arising from an accident in which defendant LaserAway, LLC’s employee struck pedestrian Romero with a truck. Romero filed his new trial motion after the jury returned a 10-to-2 verdict find…
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P. v. Rollins CA1/1
The People appeal from an order granting defendant Davante Rollins’s motion to dismiss a felony case for vindictive prosecution. They claim the trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in ruling and there was insufficient evidence of vindictiveness under the correct standa…
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P. v. Tran CA4/3
The Attorney General argues this court lacks jurisdiction to consider this appeal because the trial court lacked an independent basis to correct the illegal sentences. Alternatively, the Attorney General argues the denial of full resentencing is harmless because the trial court s…
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P. v. Reed CA3
In July 2023, defendant Frederick Vinceson Reed got into an altercation with the victim E.P. outside a homeless shelter where both men were staying. A jury found Reed guilty of simple battery and assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and he was sentence…
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P. v. Harrell CA4/3
Defendant Gary Tiran Harrell appeals an order denying his petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6.1 His appointed attorney filed a brief under the procedures described in People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216, declaring he was unable to find any issues to r…
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P. v. Henderson CA1/3
We remand for resentencing but otherwise affirm. Late in the evening on April 24, 2022, a man was driving his truck home. A city surveillance camera recorded Lewis Parker driving a black sedan and involved in a road rage incident with the man in the truck. Afterward, the man pull…
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P. v. Colvin CA1/3
A175767; People v. Colvin
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P. v. Farmer CA2/8
Dennis Farmer argues his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance at his attempted murder trial. We affirm the judgment. After Farmer repeatedly shot Emilio Mayes, his fellow resident in a transitional housing building, he was charged with willful, deliberate, and premeditat…