Callanan

Filed 6/29/22 Callanan v. Grizzly Designs CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Trinity) ----

CONNOR CALLANAN, C094008

Cross-complainant and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 20CV057)

v.

GRIZZLY DESIGNS, LLC, et al.,

Cross-defendants and Respondents.

At issue in this appeal is whether a cross-complaint filed by Connor Callanan against Charles Menken, Steven Menken, and Grizzly Designs, LLC, dba Brotherly Love (collectively “the Menkens”) is a SLAPP suit1 subject to a special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (also known as the anti-SLAPP statute).2 The Menkens contend Callanan’s cross-complaint is a SLAPP suit because it was filed in

1 SLAPP stands for strategic litigation against public…