C.T.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant C.T., a former student at Bakersfield High School, appeals the denial of his writ petition filed under Code of Civil Procedure sections 1085 and 1094.5.1 C.T.’s writ petition sought review of respondent Kern County Board of Education’s (the “Board”) decision to affirm the expulsion order of the Kern High School District and Bakersfield High School (collectively, the “School”), which are the real parties in interest in this suit. C.T. raises a plethora of arguments largely relating to claims of procedural and evidentiary error in the administrative proceeding. We find no prejudicial error, and therefore affirm the trial court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

The critical factual background that underlies C.T.’s suspension and expulsion from Bakersfield High School is largely undisputed. On September 12, 2022,2 Dean Alicia Olejnik received an e-mail that came from the aunt of another student (S2), as well as a video of C.T. threatening S2. The video, which is included in the administrative record before this court, is from a doorbell camera. It shows C.T. approaching the door and asking for S2 by name. The person who answers the door refuses to get S2 for C.T. and…