Glickman

Filed 3/7/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

WILLIAM GLICKMAN,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G064853

v. (Super. Ct. No. 30-2019-01049771)

CHARLES S. KROLIKOWSKI et al., OPINION

Defendants and Appellants.

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Theodore R. Howard, Judge. Dismissed. Hinshaw & Culbertson, Desmond Hinds, Linda Streeter, and David T. Hayek for Defendants and Appellants. Annigan Ryan, James T. Ryan, Nicholas A. Kurtz; Law Office of Rick Augustini and Rick Augustini for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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THE COURT:*

Appellants Charles S. Krolikowski and Newmeyer & Dillion LLP filed a timely notice of appeal from an order overruling various objections to a discovery referee’s report and recommendations. Appellants assert a portion of the order is appealable pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 904.1, subdivision (a)(12),1 i.e., it was an order “directing payment of monetary sanctions” in excess of $5,000. (Ibid.; see, e.g., Lindsey v. Conteh (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 1296, 1302 [sanctions order…