Castanon

BACKGROUND

Appellant filed her complaint in this matter on December 5, 2018. The complaint contains two causes of action. The first is entitled “Removal of Directors for Fraud, Malfeasance and Gross Misconduct [Cal. Corp. Code §5223],” the second “Declaration of Member’s Rights [Cal. Corp. Code §5617].”1 A key claim of the complaint was that LBLGP’s August 18, 2018 election was rigged by Newman and Slaughter to remove appellant from membership. The details of the election rigging were set forth in the general allegations. The first cause of action alleged 14 wrongful acts by Newman and Slaughter, including two broad allegations about the conduct of elections. In the second cause of action, appellant alleged: “As a consequence of defendants’ wrongful actions, Plaintiff has been denied the right to participate at or vote in any meetings, including board of director’s meetings.” Immediately after appellant filed this action, LBLGP restored her to a voting seat on the board of directors. On February 20, 2019, appellant filed a petition for writ of mandate (LASC case No. 19STCV05359). Initially, appellant complained in the petition of improprieties by LBLGP’s leaders, particularly…