California Tentative Rulings
Defendant Point Richmond Self Storage’s special motion to strike is granted. (Cal. Code Civ. Proc., section 425.16.) The unopposed request for judicial notice is granted. In a special motion to strike, the defendant must first show that the activity in...
Defendant Inga Stiles has filed a joinder in Quashnock’s anti-SLAPP motion. However, only the first (breach of contract), second (breach of contract), third (breach of contract) and fifth (breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing) causes of...
Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant Gary D. Wonacott’s special motion to strike is denied. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.) Preliminarily, the parties request judicial notice of a number of pleadings in this action. The court notes the limited purposes for which a court may...
Special Motion by Defendants Howard Labe and Jill Nakamura to Strike Plaintiff’s [First Amended] Complaint Pursuant to CCP Section 425.16 Plaintiff John Calhoun lives in real property located at 115 Tait Avenue in Los Gatos. (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), ¶6.) ...
Background According to the allegations, in about May 2014, Sunset Equity was involved with the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning in the development of an automated car wash structure. Complaint ¶ 6. At a hearing on the...
Defendant Rancho Santa Fe Association’s special motion to strike complaint and each cause of action therein pursuant to CCP § 425.16 is granted in part and denied in part. Defendant’s “combined notice of lodgment and request for judicial notice” dated...
FACTUAL BACKGROUND This is a fraud case stemming from the recording of an abstract judgment. The complaint itself states only the following: BECAUSE DEFENDANT NEVER WORK FOR PLAINTIFF THAT CAUSED [sic] HARDSHIP [sic] TO PLAINTIFF [sic] THAT LABOR COMMMISSION SHALL...
(1) DEMURRER TO THE FIRST AND SECOND CAUSES OF ACTION OF PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT; (2) MOTION TO STRIKE THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH CAUSES OF ACTION OF PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO CCP § 425.16 Moving Parties: Defendants Shawn M. Millner,...
FACTUAL BACKGROUND This case involves the alleged breach of lease agreement. According to the operative First Amended Complaint (FAC”), plaintiff Cory L. Brookshire (“Brookshire”) moved into the apartment building at 1125 N. Van Ness Avenue, number 4 on November 16,...
The anti-SLAPP motions filed by defendants Octalion and Simkin are GRANTED. Plaintiff Big Casey Inc.’s malicious prosecution complaint is based on an unlawful detainer action filed, litigated, but ultimately dismissed by Octalion after it served a 30-day notice to quit...