Ketterer

I.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and appellant, William Ketterer, proceeding in pro. per., appeals the trial

court’s order dismissing his case without prejudice. Because Ketterer has not provided us

with an appropriate record on appeal, we affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Ketterer sued defendant and respondent, Elias Teshome for breach of contract in

September 2021. Ketterer was originally represented, but his attorney was later relieved

from the case. Teshome was represented by attorney Robert Chandler.

The case was set for trial in September 2023. On the morning trial was scheduled

to begin, the parties reported they had settled the case. The trial court therefore set the

case for a hearing in January 2024, on the parties’ settlement.

In late December 2023, Chandler filed a declaration regarding the hearing.

Chandler’s declaration is not in the record on appeal. But, according to a settled

statement that Ketterer proposed and the trial court certified, Chandler stated in his 1 declaration that he could not get a hold of Ketterer about the settlement agreement.

1 Ketterer uses a settled statement to explain, in his view, what happened after the parties…