Category: California Courts of Appeal Opinions

Filed 12/2/21 (unmodified opn. attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO DRINK TANK VENTURES LLC, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. REAL SODA IN REAL BOTTLES, LTD., et al., Defendants and Appellants. B298881, consolidated with B302215 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC654392) ORDER MODIFYING […]

Filed 11/29/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RODNEY TAUREAN LEWIS, Defendant and Appellant. G060049 (Super. Ct. No. B1366626) O P I N I O N Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Clara […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR In re L.J., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. L.J., Defendant and Appellant. A161118 (Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. J20-00455) L.J. (the minor) appeals from the […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR RACHEL MONIZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ADECCO USA, INC., Defendant and Respondent; PAOLA CORREA et al., Movants and Appellants. A159410 & A160133 (San Mateo County Super. Ct. No. 17-CIV-01736) ADECCO USA, INC., Defendant, Cross-complainant and […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NOKKUWA KENYA ERVIN, Defendant and Appellant. G059731 (Super. Ct. No. C-95992) O P I N I O N In re NOKKUWA KENYA ERVIN on Habeas Corpus. G060135 (Super. Ct. […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN JANE DOE, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LAWNDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents. B305551 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC686649) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of […]

Filed 11/5/21; Modified and certified for publication 11/30/21 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHELSEA TAYLOR GIDDENS, Defendant and Appellant. E073390 (Super.Ct.No. FWV18004475) OPINION APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Ingrid Adamson Uhler, Judge. Affirmed. […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN HOPE GAMBOA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CLINIC, Defendant and Appellant. B304833 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 19STCV25865) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Maureen Duffy-Lewis, Judge. […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) JOHN TOS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents. C089466 (Super. Ct. No. 34-2016-00204740-CU-WM-GDS) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Richard Sueyoshi, Judge. Affirmed. […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA JESUS VALDERAS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent: THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. D078735 (Super. Ct. No. SCE384876) ORIGINAL PROCEEDING in mandamus to compel Superior Court of San Diego County to recall bench warrant. […]

Filed 11/30/21 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION[1]* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE JEFFREY SPAHN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DAN RICHARDS, Defendant and Respondent. A159495 (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. RG17851006) Plaintiffs Jeffrey Spahn and Paul Bontekoe (collectively, plaintiffs) appeal from an amended judgment awarding […]

Filed 11/29/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE In re JOHN HARRIS JR., on Habeas Corpus. A162891 (San Mateo County Super. Ct. No. 21-NF-002568-A) Petitioner John Harris Jr. filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the trial court’s decision denying him […]

Filed 11/29/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (El Dorado) ROY KUMAR, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KELLY RAMSEY et al., Defendants and Respondents. C092610 (Super. Ct. No. SC20180225) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of El Dorado County, Dylan Sullivan, Judge. Reversed. Alling […]

Filed 11/29/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent v. KIARRA PRICE, Defendant and Appellant. A159439 (Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. 51103373) Appellant Kiarra Price appeals from the trial court’s denial of her petition to vacate her 2013 […]

Filed 11/23/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JORGE LUIS MONTES, Defendant and Appellant. B312152 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. NA069209) APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Richard M. Goul, […]

Filed 11/23/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX CITY OF OXNARD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF VENTURA et al., Defendants and Respondents. 2d Civil No. B312348 (Super. Ct. No. 56-2021-00552428-CU-WM-VTA) (Ventura County) As our Supreme Court has made clear, when a city […]

Filed 11/23/21 (unmodified opn. attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDGAR ALEJANDRO FARFAN, Defendant and Appellant. B309786 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA136699) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT] THE COURT: […]

Filed 11/23/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OMAR RIGO RAMIREZ, Defendant and Appellant. B306088 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VA091171) APPEAL from order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lee W. Tsao, Judge. Reversed. […]

Filed 10/25/21; certified for publication 11/23/21 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAVIER JUAN MURILLO, Defendant and Appellant. G059845 (Super. Ct. No. 16WF1816) O P I N I O N Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior […]

Filed 11/23/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JERRY DENTON WILLIAMS, JR., Defendant and Appellant. A159914 (Sonoma County Super. Ct. No. PRL-201698-1) Jerry Denton Williams, Jr., was convicted of murder in 1995 and sentenced to 30 years […]

Filed 11/22/21 (first mod. order & unmodified opn. attached) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARLOS ARGENIS FIGUEROA ALATORRE, Defendant and Appellant. D077894 (Imperial County Super. Ct. No. JCF18829) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING REHEARING NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT THE COURT: […]

Filed 11/22/21 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION[1]* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE ELATION SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FENN BRIDGE LLC, et al., Defendants and Respondents. A159749, A160823 (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. RG15758321) Plaintiff Elation Systems, Inc. (Elation) sued defendants Fenn Bridge LLC (Fenn […]

Filed 11/15/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR C.T., Plaintiff and Respondent v. K.W., Defendant and Appellant. A161993 (City & County of San Francisco Super. Ct. No. FCV-19-814465) K.W. (mother) appeals an order entered in this contentious domestic violence action denying her requests […]

Filed 11/15/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE INNS BY THE SEA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. D079036 (Super. Ct. No. 20CV001274) APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County, Lydia M. Villarreal, Judge. Affirmed. Reiser Law, […]

Filed 11/15/21 (see dissenting opinion) CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE In re S.G. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. B307988 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 20CCJP00090) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff, v. J.C., […]