R&R Life Is Amazing v. Abdullah CA4/3

FACTS

1 Joseph Dib and R&R Life Is Amazing LLC (Plaintiffs) filed a verified complaint against Omar Daher, Riad Abdullah, and several others in 2022. Although the complaint is not in the appellate record, it reportedly alleges that Daher and the other defendants defrauded Dib of over $1.5 million in connection with a business deal related to the cultivation of medical marijuana in Humboldt County (the Bridgeville property).2 The present appeal concerns just one of those defendants, Riad Abdullah. Because the complaint is not in the record, we cannot say with certainty what it alleges about Abdullah’s involvement in the scheme. However, according to a trial court minute order, the complaint’s allegations

1 R&R Life Is Amazing LLC’s connection to this lawsuit is unclear from the appellate record. According to Plaintiffs’ opening brief, Dib is the only member of this limited liability company. 2 Our description of the complaint’s allegations is derived from a declaration that Plaintiffs’ counsel submitted in opposition to Abdullah’s motion to quash. Although normally a verified complaint may be treated as a declaration for purposes of determining whether a plaintiff has established…