California Court of Appeal unpublished opinions (not citable under CRC 8.1115).
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In re Price CA4/2
I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Steven V. Price is currently a prisoner in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Petitioner had surgery in 2012
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Gretzky v. Grant Shenon CA2/3
We review the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion. That motion was brought in response to a complaint for malicious prosecution, which in turn was a response to two underlying fraud cases. We affirm the order of the trial court.
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Estate of Stephens CA5
-ooOoo- * Before Meehan, Acting P. J., Snauffer, J. and Harrell, J. Macario Aguilar filed in the Tulare County Superior Court, a Probate Code section 850 petition for transfer of real property. Aguilar noted he had contracted with his neighbor, Norma Jean Stephens, to buy her pro…
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Doyle v. Colglazier CA4/2
An intoxicated driver crashed his car into the back of a tractor-trailer on the freeway, seriously injuring his front-seat passenger, who is also his brother. In this personal injury suit, a jury found the tractor-trailer’s driver was not negligent, leaving the
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Conservatorship of Adham CA2/5
****** In this probate matter, a conservator sought to invalidate withdrawals totaling $12,595.67 from one of the conservatee’s bank accounts by the conservatee’s business partner on the ground that the conservatee was incompetent to authorize those withdrawals at the time those …
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Chen v. Lu CA6
In these appeals from the judgment and a postjudgment order after bench trial, defendants Bing Lu and David Cai (together, defendants) challenge plaintiff Ray Chen’s award of monetary damages and entitlement to attorney fees. Chen and Cai, longtime friends, decided to open a rest…
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C.M. v. G.M. CA4/2
The family court issued a five-year domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) protecting plaintiff and respondent C.O.M. (Wife) from her husband, defendant and appellant G.M. (Husband). (Fam. Code, § 6200 et seq.)1 On appeal, Husband raises
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Avila v. PHH Mortgage Corp. CA5
-ooOoo- The California Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR) (Civ. Code, § 2923.4 et seq.)1 is “a complex set of enactments focused specifically on residential mortgages and passed as a legislative response to the ongoing mortgage foreclosure crisis in 2012.” (Morris v. JPMorgan Chase …
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Susan L. v. Luis N. CA2/7
INTRODUCTION Susan L. sought a restraining order under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (Fam. Code, § 6200 et seq.1) (DVPA) protecting herself and, as additional protected persons, her minor children, Hudson L. and Nathalia N., from Luis N., Jr. The trial court denied Susan’s…
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Superior Court v. Raymond CA1/2
Petitioner San Francisco Superior Court obtained a workplace violence restraining order (WVRO) against Raymond Raymond based on the assertion that Raymond had “harassed” and expressed “anger and hostilities” towards court employees, including an event on May 6, 2025, where Raymon…
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Strauss v. Weerts Real Estate CA2/3
Nathan Strauss (Strauss) filed a premises liability action against Weerts Real Estate, Inc., and Kin Wa Yung, Janet Rhee, and Kin Kwok Yung, as individuals and as trustees of the Yung Family Trust (collectively, Weerts). After mediation, the mediator proposed a settlement that in…
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Sadler v. Assignment America CA3
I would not have knowingly signed an agreement calling for me to travel to Los Angeles County for arbitration.” The Trial Court’s Denial of Defendants’ Motion to Compel Arbitration Following oral argument, the trial court denied defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. The trial…
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Rodriguez-Guzman v. The Accelerated Schools CA2/7
INTRODUCTION Hilda Rodriguez-Guzman worked as a health service coordinator for The Accelerated Schools (TAS). When TAS could no longer accommodate Rodriguez-Guzman’s restrictions in her existing office, TAS put her on leave and told her she could return in three months after TAS …
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P. v. Aguilar CA1/1
While driving under the influence of alcohol, defendant Mauricio Ramirez Aguilar crashed into an SUV that had just entered the highway in front of him. The collision killed the SUV’s driver, 87-year-old Constantine Tsavalas. A jury convicted Aguilar of second degree implied malic…
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P. v. Sylva CA3
Defendant Kayla Cherie Sylva was found guilty of several offenses related to controlled substances and firearms found during two searches of her residence. The trial court placed defendant on two years formal probation. On appeal, defendant’s only contention is that the police of…
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P. v. Faizi CA6
A jury convicted Ismat Bakhshi, Qais Faizi, and Hamed Khamush of rape in concert (count 1) and convicted Faizi and Khamush of rape of an intoxicated person (count 2). The trial court sentenced Faizi and Khamush to serve nine years in prison, and Bakhshi to seven years. On appeal,…
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P. v. Brown CA1/1
Defendant Kris Brown appeals from a judgment in which the trial court limited his conduct credits to 15 percent of his presentence confinement period after the court imposed a sentencing enhancement and struck only its punishment. We conclude the record is, at best, ambiguous whe…
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P. v. Rhodes CA2/2
Ray Anthony Rhodes appeals the trial court’s order resentencing him pursuant to Penal Code section 1172.75.1 He argues the court abused its discretion in refusing to dismiss two prior serious felony enhancements and reimposing an upper term sentence on one of the counts. We affir…
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P. v. Mangelli CA3
While serving a life sentence, defendant Nicholas Mangelli stabbed two other inmates in separate incidents, killing them. A jury found defendant guilty of numerous crimes, including assault with a deadly weapon or by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury by a life …
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P. v. Ombao CA4/2
A jury convicted Joel Gallano Ombao of four felony counts of elder or dependent adult abuse. (Pen. Code, § 368, subd. (b)(1); unlabeled statutory citations refer to this code.) Ombao argues that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct by