California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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P. v. Contreras CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Detjen, Acting P. J., DeSantos, J. and Harrell, J. Defendant Israel Contreras was convicted of multiple crimes, mostly in connection with a shooting incident involving his ex-girlfriend. He contends the trial court erred in relying in part on the sentencing facto…
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N.E. v. City of Petaluma CA1/4
Plaintiff N.E., a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem Rebecca Pederson, filed this wrongful death suit against the City of Petaluma (City) and the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), after her father was killed in a motorcycle accident near a SMART train crossing in P…
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Mohamed M. v. D.V. CA1/5
Plaintiff Mohamed M. (father) appeals from the trial court’s visitation order regarding his two children. He also appeals from the denial of his motion for reconsideration of a prior order in which the court: (1) ruled that sole legal and physical custody of the children was to r…
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Marriage of Pham and Kazdagli CA6
In re the Marriage of QUYNH PHAM and H053271 MIKHAIL KAZDAGLI. (Santa Clara County Super. Ct. No. 20FL003970) Appellant,
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L.T. v. B.S. CA3
B.S. appeals the trial court’s grant of a civil harassment restraining order under Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6, protecting respondent L.T. and L.T.’s wife and stepchildren.1 B.S. contends that, in granting the restraining order, the court erred by considering transcript…
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Ingalls v. Scott CA5
-ooOoo- Nicholas W. Ingalls filed a petition raising a trust dispute against his uncle, Buzz Hardy Scott.1 After Nicholas’s petition was dismissed at his request, the probate court ordered Nicholas to pay costs including expert witness fees to Buzz. Nicholas challenges the order …
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In re M.Z. CA4/3
* * * C.Z. (mother) appeals after the juvenile court made jurisdictional findings declaring her eight-year-old son (the minor) a dependent of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a), (b)(1), (c) and (g), ordered him removed from her care,…
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In re M.M. CA2/1
Appellant L.M. (Mother) challenges the juvenile court’s order under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 366.26 terminating parental rights to her daughter M.M. (born 2022). Mother limits her challenge to the adequacy of the inquiry pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1…
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In re Tre. C. CA2/8
Maternal great-aunt F.B. challenges the juvenile court’s order declining to place her grandnieces, seven-year-old Tre. C. and five-year-old Tri. C., in her care. We dismiss this appeal to the extent maternal great-aunt challenges the summary denial of her Welfare and Institutions…
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In re H.D. CA4/2
INTRODUCTION K.W. (mother) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the juvenile court’s dispositional order removing her children, H.D., R.D., and T.D. (the children),
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In re Ko.M. CA2/3
Mother challenges the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings and dispositional order declaring her five children dependents of the juvenile court—primarily based on mother’s drug abuse—and removing them from her care. Mother contends the children weren’t at risk of harm because…
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Huang v. Pabianova CA2/2
This is the fourth time an appeal arising from a former husband and wife’s dissolution of marriage has come before us. Representing herself, wife appeals from the judgment, challenging the family court’s postjudgment orders (1) imposing monetary sanctions against her under Family…
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Goldwater v. Mena CA4/1
Jason Goldwater appeals from an order denying his request for a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) protecting him from Raphael Francisco Mena and granting Mena’s request for a CHRO protecting him from Goldwater. The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erre…
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GMG Development v. Riddell CA2/1
Appellant GMG Development LLC entered a purchase agreement with respondents Jeffrey Riddell and Katrina Riddell, whereby GMG was to buy a plot of vacant land from the Riddells. The purchase agreement provided that the prevailing party in any lawsuit between the parties would be e…
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City of Long Beach v. Long Beach Civil Service Com. CA2/1
The City of Long Beach (the City) appeals from a judgment denying its petition for a writ of administrative mandamus under Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5.1 The City dismissed Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) Officer Dedier Reyes from his employment after finding that R…
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P. v. Block CA4/1
Carl Edward Block entered into a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to one count of criminal threats (Pen. Code,1 § 422) and one count of evading a peace officer (Veh. Code, § 2800.2, subd. (a)). The parties stipulated Block would receive a two-year eight-month sentence wi…
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P. v. George CA4/1
Joshua Alan George was charged with one count of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury (Pen. Code,1 § 245, subd. (a)(4)). The information also alleged four prior felony convictions and a prior strike. No aggravating circumstances were alleged.
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P. v. Garcia CA4/1
A jury convicted David Garcia of criminal threats (Pen. Code1 § 422). The court sentenced Garcia to the low term of one year four months in prison. Garcia filed a timely notice of appeal. 1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code. Appellate counsel has filed a brief under …
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P. v. Thomas CA1/4
9, but argued that this court lacked jurisdiction to consider his claim because the order denying relief under section 1172.75 is not an appealable order. After briefing was complete, in response to Thomas’s request, we appointed replacement counsel. In his supplemental briefing,…
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P. v. Hernandez CA2/3
‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ In 2015, a jury convicted Leobardo Hernandez of the first degree murder of Juan Frias. The conviction was reversed on appeal due to instructional error. On remand, the People declined to retry Hernandez. The trial court reduced the conviction to secon…