Rutkowski-Cesaire

INTRODUCTION

Anthony Rutkowski-Cesaire (appellant) appeals from a judgment in favor of the City of Santa Ana (City) and other defendants. In his notice of appeal, however, he identifies a different judgment as the one from which he appeals, a judgment amended merely to award costs. Any appeal from the original judgment would now be untimely. We must therefore dismiss the appeal.

FACTS

Appellant sued the City, Santa Ana City Jail, Santa Ana Police Department, Officer Crippen, Sergeant Franks, Sergeant Monreal, and Santa Ana Sheriff’s Department, asserting that he had been injured during an in-custody transfer from federal court in Los Angeles to the Santa Ana jail. After a two-day bench trial in April 2022, the court took the matter under submission. On May 6, 2022, the court issued a minute order dismissing all the defendants except the City and Officer Crippen. It rendered judgment in favor of these two defendants. Formal judgment was entered on June 24, 2022. After the City filed a memorandum of costs in the amount of $5,688, the court entered an amended judgment on August 16, 2022, for these costs. Appellant’s notice of appeal, filed on August 24, 2022, specifies the August…