Nguyen

FACTS

We recite facts necessary to resolve the issues on appeal that are supported by either the record on appeal or “facts” stated in Hulsey’s opening brief. (See Osborn v. Mission Ready Mix (1990) 224 Cal.App.3d 104, 108 [taking facts verbatim from opening brief, where respondent failed to contradict facts or provide its own statement of facts].) To provide context only, we also recite “facts” stated in trial documents filed by Hulsey that were included in the record on appeal. In September 2020, Hulsey filed a complaint against her next- door neighbor Jake Nguyen, alleging, among other things, that he caused a public nuisance by installing a noisy air conditioning unit on his property. Nguyen filed an answer to the complaint, and he and his spouse, Khanh Tran, filed a cross-complaint against Hulsey and her roommate, Steve Pytlik. Between October 2020 and February 2022, Hulsey filed several documents in the action, including a document titled “Plaintiff’s Reply to

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2 Defendant’s Answer,” a “motion to deny/strike” the cross-complaint, a motion to dismiss the cross-complaint, and…