California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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Marriage of Takash CA5
-ooOoo- Appellant Brandi Takash (Mother) seeks review of a custody order from the trial court awarding primary physical custody of the couple’s three minor children to her ex- husband Theodore Takash (Father). Mother was granted custody of the children during school breaks and su…
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Marriage of Prince CA4/1
Appellant Teresa Sunder Prince challenges an order awarding her ex- husband Stephen Prince $1,500 in attorney fee sanctions under Family Code section 271 (section 271) in connection with her submission of the parties’ competing draft Findings and Orders After Hearing (FOAHs) for …
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Kotowski v. Salehi CA4/1
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Wendy S. Dowse, Daniel R. Velladao; Law Offices of Scott C. Stratman and Wallace H. Sweet for Cross-defendant and Respondent. Farzad and Thy Salehi live in a condominium unit in which their primary bedroom is located above Steve Kotowski and Karen…
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In re N.P. CA6
THE COURT1 Appellant, B.P., mother of N.P. and J.P., appeals from dispositional orders issued after a hearing on a Welfare and Institutions Code section 387 petition. Respondent, County of Santa Clara Department of Family and Children’s Services (Department), and B.P. jointly mov…
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In re M.A. CA3
Appellant A.W. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s supplemental dispositional order following this court’s previous opinion reversing the bypass of mother’s reunification services and directing the juvenile court to conduct “further proceedings consistent with th[e] opinio…
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In re V.M. CA6
D.W. (mother) appeals from a juvenile court order following a joint jurisdiction and disposition hearing adjudging three Spirit Lake Nation children—ages 16, 13, and 9—dependent children under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivision (b)(1), and removing them from …
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In re N.M. CA4/2
INTRODUCTION Appellant P.M. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 366.26) as to his daughter, N.M. (the child). He
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In re M.J. CA5
-ooOoo- INTRODUCTION The People allege that M.J. and his co-perpetrators created a fictitious profile on an online dating platform for gay men to lure the victim to M.J.’s apartment complex, where they falsely accused him of seeking sexual contact with a minor and assaulted him, …
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Hundert v. Barazani CA2/7
INTRODUCTION Sharone Barazani and CA Homes Fund, Inc. (collectively, CA Homes) appeal from an order denying their second motion to compel arbitration, which the trial court determined raised the same issues as their first motion to compel arbitration. CA Homes did not appeal from…
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Carter v. The Buzbee Law Firm CA2/2
Plaintiff Shawn Carter, more commonly known as Jay-Z, is a world-famous rapper and businessman. He brought this action against attorney Anthony G. Buzbee and his law firm the Buzbee Law Firm (collectively, Buzbee) alleging Buzbee civilly extorted Carter, defamed him, and intentio…
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Winter v. Parker, Milliken, Clark, etc. CA2/7
Jeffrey Winter and Franklin Henry Menlo (Menlo Trustees), in their capacities as co-trustees of the Franklin Henry Menlo Irrevocable Trust established March 1, 1983 (Franklin Menlo Trust), filed an action for legal malpractice, fraudulent concealment, and other claims (malpractic…
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Sugarman v. Banc of California CA2/8
INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Steven A. Sugarman and his trust sued Banc of California and several of its board directors and executives in the wake of a scandal that led to Sugarman’s resignation from his positions at Banc of California in January 2017. After years of litigation, plai…
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Salinas v. Ortiz CA2/5
, Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Nissan Design America, Inc., HNL Automotive, Inc., and Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. ****** A young woman suffered severe and traumatic brain injuries when the 2011 Nissan Altima in which she was a passenger was “T-boned” in an…
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P. v. Harris CA5
-ooOoo- Defendant Charles Horace Harris (defendant) was convicted by jury trial of battery on a spouse or cohabitant. On appeal, he contends (1) the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to impeach him with his prior misdemeanor convictions, and (2) the court erred in sen…
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P. v. Gordon CA4/1
In 2023, Nicholas Chandler Gordon was involved in a traffic accident in which another person was killed. Gordon was charged with multiple offenses including gross vehicular manslaughter (Veh. Code, § 23153, subd. (a)). The charges included other offenses and enhancements. Prior t…
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P. v. Ayala CA4/1
Joel E. Ayala appeals from an order denying his application for restoration of sanity and conditional release under Penal Code section 1026.2 (section 1026.2). Appellate counsel filed a brief identifying no arguable issues but requesting that this court undertake independent revi…
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P. v. Arguello CA5
We will order the abstract of judgment corrected. We otherwise affirm the judgment of conviction. On April 13, 2021, the Stanislaus County District Attorney charged Arguello and Ruben Anthony Rosales by information with the following: the first degree murder of Jace Decker (§ 187…
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P. v. Forman CA2/8
Defendant Marcus Blaine Forman appeals the denial of his request for resentencing pursuant to Penal Code1 section 1172.1 and People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497 (Romero). We affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand for the trial court to enter a new orde…
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P. v. Kazemi CA2/8
Jalal Kazemi, through his appointed attorney, seeks reversal of his criminal conviction on the sole ground that the trial court erroneously refused to declare a second doubt regarding his competency to stand trial. We now affirm the judgment, because Kazemi’s conduct following hi…
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P. v. Kruppe CA2/5
****** After Mary Noel Kruppe (defendant) was convicted of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, the trial court imposed a sentence of 15 years to life for the murder and stayed a six-year term pursuant to Penal Code section 6541 for the manslaughter convicti…