Doe
Doe v. Luster
Opinion
lead Opinion
Perluss, J.
*142 Opinion
Although an order granting or denying a special motion to strike filed pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, 1 the antiSLAPP statute (strategic lawsuit against public participation), is, in most instances, immediately appealable (§§ 425.16, subd. (i), 904.1, subd. (a)(13); but see §§ 425.17, subd. (e), 425.18, subd. (c)), an order declining to award attorney fees to a plaintiff who successfully opposes an anti-SLAPP motion is not. Accordingly, we dismiss Lynn Doe’s appeal from the trial court’s denial of her motion for attorney fees pursuant to section 425.16, subdivision (c).
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Doe filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (CBS), and Elizabeth Luster, alleging causes of action for invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence. CBS and Luster each filed a special motion to strike Doe’s complaint under section 425.16. The trial court denied both motions on May 3, 2005, concluding, as to Luster, that she had failed to satisfy her burden of making a threshold showing the challenged causes of action arose from constitutionally protected activity. (See…