Stewart v. Extended Stay America CA2/4
Plaintiff Troy A. Stewart occupied a room at an Extended Stay America hotel for over a year. Hotel staff asked Stewart to leave, and after Stewart refused, the hotel evicted Stewart through an unlawful detainer action. Stewart then sued Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESA Management, LLC (collectively, ESA), and two ESA employees, alleging that the allegations in the unlawful detainer action demonstrated fraud and evidenced that ESA breached contracts with Stewart.
ESA filed a special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (section 425.16), and Stewart did not oppose the motion or appear at the hearing on the motion. The court granted the motion, and Stewart appealed. Because Stewart did not oppose the motion or appear at the hearing below, he has forfeited any arguments that the trial court erred in granting the motion. We therefore affirm.
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