Category: California Courts of Appeal Opinions

Filed 6/14/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES EVAN BUNAS, Defendant and Appellant. D078819 (Super. Ct. Nos. SCD272661, SCD264352) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Polly H. Shamoon, Judge. Affirmed in part; reversed in […]

Filed 6/13/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CRISTINA ROMERO QUALKINBUSH, Defendant and Appellant.   D078778 (Super. Ct. No. SCD287354) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Jeffrey F. Fraser, Judge. Conditionally reversed and remanded with […]

Filed 6/13/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TANEQUA SMITH, Defendant and Appellant. A162551   (Marin County Super. Ct. No. SC212669B) Tanequa Smith challenges the trial court’s imposition of a probation condition requiring that she participate in […]

Filed 6/10/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR HECTOR CASILLAS, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants and Respondents. B302442 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC670058) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of […]

Filed 6/9/22 (unmodified opn. attached) CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION[1]* COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 640 TENTH, LP, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GAVIN NEWSOM, as Governor, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents. D079339 (Super. Ct. No. 37-2020-00041316- CU-MC-CTL) ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO FILE LETTER OF NEW AUTHORITY, MODIFYING OPINION, […]

Filed 6/9/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re the Marriage of PEDRO AVILES and JESSICA VULOVIC. PEDRO AVILES, Appellant, v. JESSICA VULOVIC,   Respondent. E076743 (Super.Ct.No. FLHE2000349) OPINION APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Elaine M. Kiefer, Judge. Affirmed. Holstrom, […]

Filed 6/9/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT BETH FIELD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents. B309111 Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. LC107408 APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of […]

Filed 5/24/22; Certified for Publication 6/9/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN MARAKKALAGE THARAL D. SILVA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RICHARD SCOTT LANGFORD et al., Defendants and Respondents. B312660 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 20STCV04867) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior […]

Filed 6/9/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re JESSIE SAMBRANO on Habeas Corpus. E078147 (Super.Ct.No. INF051722 OPINION ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for writ of habeas corpus. James S. Hawkins, Judge. Petition granted. The Law Offices of Aaron J. Schechter and Aaron J. […]

Filed 5/18/22; Certified for Publication 6/9/22 (order attached) COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A.F., a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JEFFREY F., Defendant and Respondent. D079373 (Super. Ct. No. 21FDV01528N) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Victor M. Torres, Judge. Reversed. Beatrice […]

Filed 6/9/22 (unmodified opn. attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DERECK FLOURNOY OWENS, JR., Defendant and Appellant. 2d Crim. No. B310427 (Super. Ct. No. SM105565) (Santa Barbara County) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT] THE […]

Filed 6/8/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT ANTHONY DAVIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TYLER RAY HARANO, Defendant and Respondent. B306575 Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC692726 APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, James A. Kaddo, Judge. […]

Filed 6/8/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re the Marriage of SAMIR ELALI and MAYSSA MARCHOUD. SAMIR ELALI, Respondent, v. MAYSSA MARCHOUD, Appellant. E075103 (Super. Ct. Nos. FAMSS1404386 & FAMSS1509878)   OPINION APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. […]

Filed 6/7/22; Opinion Following Rehearing CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellant. F082677 (Super. Ct. No. CR-18-005227) OPINION APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County. Ricardo Cordova, […]

Filed 6/7/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EARL MAURICE RODRIGUEZ, Defendant and Appellant. A160994 (Solano County Super. Ct. No. VCR235670) Defendant Earl Maurice Rodriguez appeals from a judgment that sentenced him to three years of probation, following […]

Filed 5/9/22; Certified for Publication 6/6/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Tehama) THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MANUAL VALDIVIAS SOTO, Defendant and Appellant. C092015 (Super. Ct. No. NCR77535) Defendant Manuel Valdivias Soto is a noncitizen who moved to the United States as a teenager […]

Filed 5/13/22; Certified for Publication 6/6/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (El Dorado) JANE DOE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ANDREW KAM LEE , Defendant and Appellant. C092065 (Super. Ct. No. PC20160359) Summary of the Appeal Appellant Andrew Kam Lee argues that a punitive […]

Filed 5/19/22; Certified for Publication 6/6/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (El Dorado) D.Z., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. L.B. et al., Defendants and Appellants. C093008 (Super. Ct. No. PC20200447) Summary of the Appeal L.B. and M.S. appeal from an order granting Dr. D.Z. a civil harassment […]

Filed 6/7/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX ALICE LOPEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOSE ESCAMILLA, Defendant and Respondent. 2d Civ. No. B316800 (Super. Ct. No. 56-2018-00511082-CU-EN-VTA) (Ventura County) The creditor of a corporation obtains a default judgment against the corporation for $157,370. […]

Filed 6/6/22 (unmodified opinion attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MAPLEBEAR INC., Defendant and Appellant. D079209 (Super. Ct. No. 37-2019- 00048731-CU-MC-CTL) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT THE COURT: It is ordered that the opinion filed […]

Filed 6/3/22 (unmodified opinion attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT BERT FILTZER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARIO E. ERNST et al., Defendants and Respondents. B308484 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC592433) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION [No change in the judgment] IT IS […]

Filed 6/3/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT BERT FILTZER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARIO E. ERNST et al., Defendants and Respondents. B308484 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC592433) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lia […]

Filed 6/3/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO In re ALAN REED DOHNER   on Habeas Corpus. In re WILLIAM RENO GERBER on Habeas Corpus. E072797 (Super.Ct.No. BLC1700076) The County of Riverside   E074872 (Super.Ct.No. BLC1700076) The County of Riverside OPINION ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; […]

Filed 5/11/22 Certified for Publication 6/3/22 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CASES. C091771 (JCCP No. 4942) (Sacramento Super. Ct. Nos. 34-2017-00215965, 34-2017-80002666, 34-2017-80002667, 34-2017-80002674, 34-2017-80002676, 34-2017-80002677-CU-WM-GDS, 34-2017-80002678, 34-2017-80002680; San Joaquin Super. Ct. No. STK-CV-UWM-2017-0008624) Plaintiffs in this coordinated […]