Taleb

BACKGROUND

I. The first lawsuit, Taleb I

The Talebs moved into an apartment at Wyvernwood Gardens in 2015. Lili complained that her electricity bill was abnormally high, and on July 10, 2017, Thurman sent an electrician who found two cables attached to the Talebs’ electric meter that did not feed into their apartment. Three days later, the electrician returned but refused to investigate further because Lili was recording the events. That very day, Lili, self- represented, sued the property management company, FPI Management, Inc., for “overcharged electrical bills.” (Taleb v. Wyvernwood Garden Apartments/FPI Management Residential Property Management (Super. Ct. Los Angeles County, 2017, No. BC668258) (Taleb I).) The complaint did not allege a cause of action but instead was a handwritten paragraph alleging that an electrician discovered “unknown cables” that did not belong to Lili’s apartment, and that the apartment had a damaged wood floor and was infested.

record with a 23rd volume of the appellant’s appendix. We received the motion but did not file it. Because the proposed appellant’s appendix contains matters not before the trial court, we do not file or consider it.…