DeWitt v. Crazy Protocol Communications CA1/2
Attorney Timothy A. DeWitt (appellant) sued various defendants in propria
persona for, inter alia, violating the California Anti-Spam Act (Bus. & Prof. Code,
§ 17529.5). After appellant filed an amendment to his complaint to substitute in
IAC/InterActiveCorp (respondent) as a Doe defendant, pursuant to the Code of Civil
Procedure section 474,1
the trial court granted respondent’s motion to quash service of
summons. Appellant now appeals, still in propria persona, contending the court
improperly found that he was not genuinely ignorant of respondent’s true identity at the
time he filed the original complaint or, in the alternative, that he unreasonably delayed in
filing and serving the amendment to the complaint once he learned respondent’s true
identity. Appellant also contends a one-year statute of limitations should not apply to
claims for liquidated damages brought under Business and Professions Code section
17529.5. We shall affirm the order granting the motion t
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