Dickson

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In the underlying litigation, which arose out of Mann’s alleged misconduct as trustee of the M. Chris Dickson Revocable Living Trust dated February 23, 1996 (the Trust), Mann stipulated to the entry of a $12 million judgment in favor of Nickolas Dickson, individually and in his capacity as

trustee of the Trust (Dickson). Judgment was entered on August 8, 2022.

Concurrently with the filing of his respondent’s brief on December 14, 2023, Dickson filed a request that we take judicial notice of the stipulation for immediate entry of judgment and the judgment from the underlying litigation, both dated August 8, 2022. We note that because those documents are part of the record in the trial court action from which this appeal arises, Dickson could have submitted them as a respondent’s appendix along with his respondent’s brief. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.845 (e)(3.)) Nevertheless, we grant Dickson’s unopposed request to take judicial notice. HFM filed a request for judicial notice on September 6, 2023, regarding the complaint in Nicholas Dickson, et al. v. Jack I. Mann, et al., San Diego Superior Court case No.…