Elmore

Filed 12/30/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

STEVE LOUIS ELMORE, B308328

Plaintiff and Appellant, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 19STCP03929 v.

STEVE GORDON, as Director, etc.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mitchell L. Beckloff, Judge. Affirmed.

Markelz Law Group and Christopher Markelz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Chris A. Knudsen, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gabrielle H. Brumbach, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Victoria Jalili, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Respondent. ____________________ A little past midnight and about 15 yards north of the Mexican border, Miguel Ponce of the Border Patrol sat in his parked cruiser. He was on the lookout for people cutting through the border fence and running to large vehicles, like minivans, that would take them away. After 17 years on the job, Ponce anticipated this tactic. A black minivan drove into this restricted area, which was off limits to the general public; this commercial lot was limited to…