Ali

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In February 2020, the trial court sustained Cisco’s demurrer to Ali’s first amended complaint without leave to amend.1 Ali, who represented himself in the relevant trial

1 Ali did not designate the first amended complaint as part of the record in this appeal. Pleadings in the record indicate Ali based his complaint on Cisco’s allegedly discriminatory employment practices, including claims for intentional infliction of court proceedings, as he does in this appeal, filed a notice of appeal (appeal No. H047859) before the court entered judgment following the order sustaining the demurrer. In March 2020, after the trial court entered the judgment, Ali contacted Cisco’s counsel, indicating his intent to withdraw the appeal, and asking Cisco’s attorney to send a stipulation for him to sign to dismiss the appeal. Cisco’s attorney prepared an abandonment of appeal number H047859, which Ali signed and filed with the trial court. Ali also signed a stipulation dismissing the trial court action with prejudice. Although the parties submitted the stipulation to the court seeking an order pursuant to the stipulation, there is nothing in the record…