Narayan v. City of Sacramento
Despite the Rules of Court and repeated pronouncements by the appellate courts, some attorneys still do not submit even minimally adequate briefs. This is a case in point. The statement of facts submitted by appellants counsel is argumentative and does not contain all material facts, despite counsel indicating her client challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. The argument section does not identify specific errors in the trial court proceedings but instead asks us to read specified pages in the record to ascertain the existence of error. Moreover, counsel argues we are to presume the errors we discover are prejudicial and must reverse the judgment against her client on that basis. Counsel does not explain how such a presumption can be made in this instance. Because of counsels failure to submit a sufficient brief from which we can ascertain her clients claims of error and supporting arguments, Court conclude plaintiffs claims are forfeited, and Court affirm the judgment on that basis.
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