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Arno Kuigoua v. Adam Michael Sacks

California Court of Appeal, Second District · State appellate courts · CA · · 2026 WL 673409 · No. No. 20STCV19534) · opinion

California Court of Appeal, Second District on 2026-03-10 in Arno Kuigoua v. Adam Michael Sacks found the self-represented party's opening brief contained three citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, defective exhibits or submissions. The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.

Disposition
The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
Recorded conduct
The self-represented party's opening brief contained three citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, defective exhibits or submissions. — outcome: warning; actor: litigant in person
Canonical record
Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

What the court wrote

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motions for reconsideration are reviewable as part of this appeal. (Ibid.) All further unattributed statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure. 2 The settlement agreement was referenced as “Exhibit A” to respondent's opposition but was not attached to the opposition. Instead, a note read, “Redacted due to confidentiality clause will release by court order as necessary.” 3 As respondent points out, appellant has cited three apparently nonexistent or miscited cases in his opening brief. While this court is permitted to impose sanctions for relying on nonexistent legal authority (Noland v. Land of the Free, L.P. (2025) 114 Cal.App.5th 426, 436), we decline to do so as appellant's opening brief was otherwise comprehensible. However, we caution appellant that any subsequent cases containing miscites will likely result in sanctions. Government Works.

Authorities cited in the passage: s opening brief identified by respondent and noted by the court. || Fabricated: Case Law | Third apparently nonexistent or miscited case citation in appellant · Noland v. Land of the Free

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