CA Unpub Decisions

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Gloria L. White-Brown, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions.
Law Offices of Ann C. Schneider and Ann C. Schneider for Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Liu Hao, a tenant, sought a civil harassment restraining order under Civil Procedure section 527.6 against his landlord Ailing Wang. The trial court granted the restraining order, and also awarded Hao $500 in special damages and $2,000 in damages for pain and suffering.
Wang appeals, arguing that the award of damages in addition to injunctive relief is not supported by the language and purpose of section 527.6. Wang also claims that the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees and costs was an abuse of discretion because it was predicated on its unauthorized award of damages to Hao under section 527.6.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Teresa A. Beaudet, Judge. Affirmed.
Brown, Neri, Smith, & Khan, Amjad M. Khan and Patricia E. Tenenbaum for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Scott D. Bertzyk, John F. Farraher Jr., Adil M. Khan and Michael E. McCarthy for Defendant and Respondent.
A-List Inc. and another corporation A-List later acquired, H-List Inc. (collectively, A-List), owned a retail brand called Kitson. A-List and its founder, Fraser Ross, sued one of A-List’s lenders, Salus Partners LLC, alleging Salus took control of and mismanaged A-List’s business operations. The trial court granted Salus’s motion for summary judgment for one of the two reasons Salus argued it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

THE COURT:
Petitioner Bryan Perez-Montiel was charged on May 31, 2018, with two misdemeanor violations of the Vehicle Code stemming from an incident on September 17, 2017, in which he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Petitioner was not arraigned until February 22, 2021.
Petitioner brought a motion to dismiss, asserting violations of his state and federal constitutional speedy trial rights. After the superior court denied petitioner’s motion, petitioner unsuccessfully sought relief in the superior court appellate division. Petitioner now appropriately seeks writ relief from this court. (See Serna v. Superior Court (1985) 40 Cal.3d 239, 263-264.)

J.T. (Father) petitions this court for extraordinary relief after the juvenile court terminated reunification services with his daughter, Leann G., and set a hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. Father contends that he did not receive adequate reunification services and that Leann should be returned to his care. We deny the petition on the merits.

Donald Ray Cartwright appeals from an order denying his petition to vacate his murder conviction and to be resentenced pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.95.
In 1986, the People filed an information charging appellant and a codefendant with murder (§ 187). As to appellant only, the People alleged that he personally used a firearm during the offense (§ 12022.5). As to defendant’s codefendant, the People alleged that he was armed, or that a principal was armed, with a firearm (§ 12022, subd. (a)). The facts underlying the crime are set out in our prior appellate opinion. (People v. Cartwright (June 26, 1989, A039585) [nonpub. opn.].) Briefly, the facts are as follows. One evening in May 1986, a white car and a brown car pulled up to a bus stop.

On October 15, 2011, Gabino Santiago Lopez and his roommate, Conrado Valentin Cruz, joined Ramon Lopez Velasco, Augustin Zepeda-Onofre, and Sidonio Cruz-Santos in a marijuana garden outside of Healdsburg, California to celebrate the end of the work week by eating, drinking beer, and snorting cocaine. Augustin and Sidonio were armed with handguns. Several hours later, Gabino was dead from gunshot wounds inflicted by one of the men present at the celebration, using one or more firearms that were never recovered. Sidonio and Augustin (collectively, defendants) were charged with Gabino’s murder.

Appellant Christina von Dorrer-Hildebrand (Christina) and respondent Ellen M. Veccia (Ellen) share joint legal and physical custody of two children through a stipulated judgment. Christina appeals the trial court’s order giving Ellen final decision-making authority over whether to vaccinate either or both children. (Order)
On appeal, Christina contends the trial court erred by modifying legal custody without requiring Ellen to show a significant change in circumstances before granting her request. She further argues Ellen failed to show the modification was in the children’s best interests. Finally, she claims the trial court erroneously denied her request for a long-cause hearing to present expert medical testimony on the issue of whether immunization was appropriate for the children. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude Christina has not established prejudicial error occurred. We therefore affirm the Order.

Appeal from orders of the Superior Court of Orange County, Vibhav Mital, Judge. Affirmed.
Jacques Alexander Love, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Leon J. Page, County Counsel, Karen L. Christensen and Aurelio Torre, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
No appearance for the Minor.
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Following a combined jurisdiction and disposition hearing, the juvenile court issued an order exercising jurisdiction over minor L.C. but allowing her father (Father) to retain custody. Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) later filed a petition to modify this order under Welfare and Institutions Code section 387. It alleged the prior order was ineffective in protecting L.C. and sought to remove her from Father’s custody. The court sustained the petition, and it later found at a separate disposition hearing that removal of L.C. was warranted. Father appeals, arguing the court erred in sustaining SSA’s section 387 petition. We conclude the

Appeal from orders of the Superior Court of Orange County, Vibhav Mital, Judge. Affirmed.
Jacques Alexander Love, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Leon J. Page, County Counsel, Karen L. Christensen and Aurelio Torre, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
No appearance for the Minor.
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Following a combined jurisdiction and disposition hearing, the juvenile court issued an order exercising jurisdiction over minor L.C. but allowing her father (Father) to retain custody. Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) later filed a petition to modify this order under Welfare and Institutions Code section 387. It alleged the prior order was ineffective in protecting L.C. and sought to remove her from Father’s custody. The court sustained the petition, and it later found at a separate disposition hearing that removal of L.C. was warranted. Father appeals, arguing the court erred in sustaining SSA’s section 387 petition. We conclude the

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Jeannie M. Joseph, Judge. Affirmed with modifications.
Mary Woodward Wells, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Michael Pulos and Seth Friedman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County. Joseph R. Distaso, Judge.
David L. Polsky, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Matthew Rodriquez, Acting Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine Chatman, A. Kay Lauterbach and Christopher J. Rench, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Defendant Timothy Charles Fee was charged with first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)), namely, murder committed in the perpetration of a robbery and/or kidnapping (§ 189, subd. (a)).

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Browder A. Willis III, Judge. Affirmed.
Leslie A. Barry, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant T.C., Mother.
Jamie A. Moran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant A.C.
Michelle L. Jarvis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent Jay C., Father.
Office of County Counsel, Lonnie J. Eldridge, County Counsel, Caitlin E. Rae, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Dana C. Shoffner, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, David M. Gill, Judge. Appeal dismissed without prejudice.
Rebecca P. Jones, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel Rogers, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Steve Oetting, Anthony Da Silva, and Daniel Hilton Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
By amended information in case No. SCD207640, the San Diego County District Attorney charged Sadiq Saibu and codefendant Antonio Valentino with a number of counts related to a video store robbery and two liquor store incidents. Saibu was charged with one count of special circumstance murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 190.2, subd. (a)(17); count 1); one count of attempted murder (§§ 187, subd. (a), 664; count 2); one count of attempted robbery (§§ 211, 664; count 3 [July 13, 2005, T&M Li

Appointed counsel for defendant Benjamin Mena has asked this court to conduct an independent review of the record to determine whether there are any arguable issues on appeal. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) We requested supplemental briefing on the applicability of Assembly Bill No. 124 (2021-2022 Reg. Sess.) (Stats. 2021, ch. 695, § 5) (Assembly Bill 124). Having reviewed the supplemental briefing and the record as required by Wende, we find no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.