Chaney

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, who represented himself below, apparently filed this action alleging defendant Steven Bond defamed him at his place of work which ultimately resulted in plaintiff’s wrongful termination. Some sort of discovery dispute arose. At a hearing on February 25, 2013, the court heard from defense counsel that plaintiff’s further responses to discovery had been received late, and that plaintiff had not conferred about dates for his deposition as previously ordered by the court. Plaintiff apparently disputed defendant’s contentions. The court ordered plaintiff’s case dismissed “without prejudice for plaintiff’s failure to comply with the court’s discovery orders.” On May 14, 2013, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal which states, as relevant here, that plaintiff “hereby appeals from the February 25th 2013 order of the court in favor of defendant Steven Bond Written Notice of Ruling was served by mail on or about March 15th 2013. [¶] Plaintiff further appeals from the order and any and all orders subsumed in or render [sic] appealable by it.” Plaintiff gave notice that no reporter’s transcript was available for the February 25, 2013 hearing (apparently the hearing was…