Greenfield

Greenfield v. U.S. Bank, NA CA2/6

Good Law
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 15, 2021B311887California486 words

Opinion

Opinion

Tangeman, J.

DISCUSSION

Greenfield contends we should reverse the judgment of dismissal and order the trial court to consider all of the issues raised in her complaint. We disagree. A self-represented party “‘is to be treated like any other party’” on appeal. (Nwosu v. Uba (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 1229, 1247.) Such a party must thus “follow correct rules of procedure.” (Ibid.) Among those rules is that requiring “[e]ach and every statement in a brief regarding matters that are in the record on appeal . . . [to] be supported by a citation to the record.” (Lona v. Citibank, N.A. (2011) 202 Cal.App.4th 89, 96, fn. 2; see Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.204(a)(1)(C).) “The claimed existence of facts that are not supported by citations to pages in the appellate record, or not appropriately supported by citations, cannot be considered by this court. [Citations.]” (Mueller v. County of Los Angeles (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 809, 816, fn. 5.) “It is not the duty of a reviewing court to search the record for evidence on a point raised by a party whose brief makes no reference to the pages where the evidence can be found. [Citations.]” (ComputerXpress, Inc. v. Jackson (2001) 93 Cal.App.4th 993, 1011…

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