California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Vigil CA6
Defendant Willie Paul Vigil, Jr. appeals from the trial court’s denial of his request for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.75.1 On appeal, Vigil’s counsel filed a brief under People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), raising no issues, and Vigil filed a b…
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P. v. Carrasco CA4/3
* * * I. Introduction Noel Carrasco (Defendant) appeals from an order denying his postjudgment request for a hearing pursuant to People v. Franklin (2016) 63 Cal.4th 261. Defendant’s appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadill…
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Miller v. Lake Merritt Healthcare Center CA1/1
Defendants Lake Merritt Healthcare Center (LMHC) and Chrysta Solorzano appeal from a trial court order denying their motion to compel arbitration. We affirm. In September 2022, while in his early 20s, Paris Moffett suffered a gunshot wound and was paralyzed from the waist down. I…
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Meinhardt v. Sunny Acre CA2/5
Edgar Meinhardt (Meinhardt), and a limited liability company he controlled, sued their lenders and mortgage broker involved in home loan foreclosure proceedings. Two weeks before a scheduled trial date, the trial court denied Meinhardt’s ex parte application for a continuance. Th…
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Medina v. Medina CA4/3
Plaintiff Porfirio Medina appeals from an order denying his request for elder abuse protective orders against his children, Veronica Medina and Ezequiel Medina.1 He contends the trial court wrongly found none of the children’s conduct at their shared house constituted elder abuse…
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Martin v. Newrez CA3
Defendant Newrez, LLC, doing business as Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, (Shellpoint) appeals from an order denying its motion for relief under Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b) (section 473(b)).1 Plaintiff Gwendolyn Martin filed a petition for relief from finan…
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Marriage of Oram and Redding CA4/2
I. In this marriage dissolution action, Appellant, Tara Redding, proceeding in pro. per., appeals the family court’s order denying her Request for Order (RFO) seeking
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Marriage of Parker CA4/2
In this legal separation action, the husband appeals from the trial court’s rulings denying (1) his request to register and validate a divorce decree that he purportedly obtained in the United Arab Emirates after the wife initiated this case and (2) his motion
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M.G. v. Superior Court CA2/2
****** N.M. (father) and M.G. (mother), parents of T.M. (born April 2014), petition for extraordinary relief pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.452.1 Father and mother separately seek review of an order setting a permanency planning hearing under Welfare and Institutio…
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Lozano v. City of Bakersfield CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Levy, Acting P. J., Peña, J. and Snauffer, J. Frank and Nicholas Lozano filed separate actions against the City of Bakersfield (the City) that were subsequently consolidated.1 The trial court eventually granted the City’s motion for terminating sanctions based on…
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Kim v. Cha CA2/3
We affirm. 1. Background The Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation (the Foundation) is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation created in 1974 by leaders in the early Korean American community “with the purpose of preserving their Korean roots after immigrating to the …
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Khan v. Phillips CA4/3
* * * Appellants Valentina Khan, Steve A. Abraham, and Betsy E. Masi (collectively, Trustees), the trustees of three educational trusts (Trusts) set up for the minor children of Robert O Hill and Andrea Rae Paulin, were joined as parties in the underlying divorce action between O…
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In re A.C. CA2/6
We do as well and will remand for a new disposition hearing. On January 17, 2024, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 6021 alleging that on October 21, 2023, appellant, a minor, committed an unlawful taking of a …
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In re N.M. CA2/5
M.S. (Mother) is the mother of two sons, N.M. and O.M. (collectively, Minors).1 The juvenile court found Mother was a “recent user” of substances, asserted and then immediately terminated dependency jurisdiction over Minors, and entered what is known colloquially as an “exit orde…
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In re A.S. CA2/5
No appearance by Respondent Department of Children and Family Services. —————————— R.S. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s June 11, 2025 custody order under Welfare and Institutions Code section 362.4.1 We vacate a portion of the order, remand to the trial court for modif…
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In re R.G. CA2/2
─────────────── This is an appeal from the juvenile court’s order terminating Father Timothy G.’s parental rights as to minors R.G. and T.G. at a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 366.26 hearing, making it possible for the children to be adopted by their longtime caregivers,…
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In re M.H. CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Levy, Acting P. J., DeSantos, J., and Harrell, J. M.W. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s orders made at a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 366.26 hearing terminating parental rights as to her two minor children P.L. and L.L. and establishing legal …
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In re M.G. CA6
The juvenile court adjudged M.G. a ward of the court after finding he possessed a knife on school grounds and committed vandalism. The juvenile court placed M.G. on home probation. Following a contested hearing, the court ordered M.G. to pay $8,260.70 in restitution, but it later…
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In re T.M. CA2/2
****** M.G. (mother) and N.M. (father) separately appeal from orders reducing the parents’ visits with the child T.M. (born April 2014), denying father’s motion for a bonding study, and finding the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) (25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.) and California’…
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In re L.B. CA4/2
INTRODUCTION B.B., is the Mother of son L.B. (19 months old at the time of removal), daughter K.B., age 7, and son C.B., III (hereafter referred to as C.B.; age 10). Mother appeals