Doe

Plaintiff John Doe appeals from the trial court order quashing service of summons and process on the Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly in Ireland. We hold that plaintiff has waived the issue by his failure to fairly and completely set forth, discuss, and analyze the relevant facts under the applicable substantial evidence standard of review. We alternatively hold that substantial evidence supported the trial court’s ruling that defendant had insufficient contacts with the State of California to support an exercise of either general or specific jurisdiction.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

1. Jurisdictional Facts

John Doe sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton and Oliver O’Grady, one of its former priests, alleging that O’Grady sexually molested him in 1969 and 1970, when plaintiff was approximately 11 years old. Although plaintiff eventually settled with the Stockton archdiocese, he later added as a Doe defendant the Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly, located in County Tipperary, Ireland. According to plaintiff, Cashel & Emly owned and operated Saint Patrick’s College, the seminary that trained and ordained O’Grady and sent him to Stockton knowing he was a child…