Morell

Filed 7/10/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

JAMES B. MORELL, B331080

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 22STCP02345) v.

BOARD OF RETIREMENT OF

THE ORANGE COUNTY

EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT

SYSTEM,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mary H. Strobel, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Reed Smith, Maytak Chin, Mariah K. Fairley, and Kathryn M. Bayes for Defendant and Appellant. James B. Morell, in propria persona, for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________________ When respondent James Morell retired from his position as a research attorney for the Orange County Superior Court, he was entitled to a pension under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL). To determine the amount of his pension, the appellant board of retirement of the Orange County Employees’ Retirement System (OCERS) needed to first calculate Morell’s “compensation,” a legal term codified in Government Code section 31460.1 At issue in this appeal is whether the board correctly excluded…