Schlichter

I. Background

A. The spurious case citations On May 29, 2024, Grotke filed a petition for writ of supersedeas (hereafter Writ) on behalf of the appellant in case No. E083744, Schlichter v. Kennedy. The petition was summarily denied. On January 9, 2025, Grotke filed the appellant’s opening brief (hereafter AOB) in the same case. The Writ included the following citations to cases that do not exist: (1) Estate of Layton (1938) 29 Cal.App.2d 599 (Writ p. 40), (2) Riddle v. Harmon (1865) 5 Cal. 491 (Writ p. 42), and (3) Estate of Kraus (1970) 8 Cal.App.3d 429 (Writ p. 30). The AOB also included citations to cases that do not exist: (1) Estate of Kraus (1970) 8 Cal.App.3d 429 (AOB p. 16) and (2) Estate of Hermon (1973) 16 Cal.App.3d 421 (AOB p. 31). The volume and page number citations all lead to cases with names that are different from those provided by Grotke: (1) Roy v. Roy (1938) 29 Cal.App.2d 596, (2) Jamson v. Quivey (1855) 5 Cal. 490, (3) Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Colonial Ins. Co. (1970) 8 Cal.App.3d 427, and (4) Atkins v. Bisigier (1971) 16 Cal.App.3d 414. And the cited pages do not support the legal propositions for which Grotke cited them. Grotke did not cite any…