McMullen v. Carlson Law Group
Plaintiff and appellant Willie McMullen, in propria persona, appeals from the trial court’s order granting respondents’ special motion to strike the complaint under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute. He also contends the trial court erred in denying his motion for reconsideration. McMullen sued the law firm and attorney representing opposing parties in a prior litigation, claiming that they improperly sought to force him to pay sanctions and/or settle the first lawsuit based on an invalid court order. We conclude that because McMullen’s claims were based on written communications to McMullen from opposing counsel in connection with issues under consideration in the prior lawsuit, they were properly stricken under section 425.16, subdivision (e)(2) (section 425.16(e)(2)). We further find McMullen failed to demonstrate a probability of prevailing on his causes of action. We therefore affirm.
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