Callanan

Filed 6/29/22; Certified for Publication 7/22/22 (order attached)

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 suit 1 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 participation. (See Navellier v. Sletten (2002) 29 Cal.4th 82, 85 & fn. 1 (Navellier).) Further undesignated statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure.

1 retaliation for a cross-complaint they filed against Callanan, and they filed a motion under section 425.16 seeking to strike it. The trial court granted the…