Terris

Filed 7/24/13 Terris v. County of Santa Barbara CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

SHAWN TERRIS, 2d Civil No. B242390 (Super. Ct. No. 1339241) Plaintiff, Cross-Defendant and (Santa Barbara County) Appellant,

v.

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA,

Defendant, Cross-Complainant and Respondent.

The County of Santa Barbara (County) appeals from an order granting Shawn Terris's special motion to strike its cross-complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1 The County contends the trial court erred as a matter of law when it granted the motion to strike, because the County demonstrated a probability of prevailing on its claim that Terris's wrongful…