Carian

Filed 3/9/15; pub. order 4/2/15 (see end of opn.)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

BLAINE CARIAN, D066683

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v. (Super. Ct. No. INC1203600)

DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Riverside County, Harold W.

Hopp, Judge. Affirmed.

Redwine and Sherrill, and M. Eli Underwood for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Assistant Attorney

General, Eric M. Katz, Ross H. Hirsch and Diana Vernazza, Deputy Attorneys General,

for Defendants and Respondents. Blaine Carian appeals a postjudgment order denying his motion for attorney fees

pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure1 section 1021.5. The trial court found he did not

make a reasonable attempt to settle his dispute before filing the instant action against the

State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) and Kimberly Nicol, a

Department manager (together Defendants). On appeal, Carian contends the trial court

erred in denying his motion for…