JANE DOE VS. CHRISTIAN LARSEN ET AL

SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 302 - CGC23611166 - September 3, 2025 Hearing date: September 3, 2025 Case number: CGC23611166 Case title: JANE DOE VS. CHRISTIAN LARSEN ET AL Case Number: | | CGC23611166 | Case Title: | | JANE DOE VS. CHRISTIAN LARSEN ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-09-03 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Notice Of Motion And Special Motion To Strike Defendant'S "Vexatious Litigant" Motion Under Ccp 425.16 (Anti-Slapp); Memorandum Of Points And Authorities; Declation | Rulings: | | On the Law & Motion/Discovery calendar for September 3, 2025, line 2. PLAINTIFF JANE DOE'S Motion And Special Motion To Strike Defendant's "Vexatious Litigant" Motion Under CCP 425.16 (Anti-Slapp).

Plaintiff's special motion to strike defendant's vexatious litigant motion per CCP 425.16 is denied. A party can bring a special motion to strike a "cause of action." (CCP 425.16(b); see also Morris Cerullo World Evangelism v. Newport Harbor Offices & Marina, LLC (2021) 67 Cal.App.5th 1149, 1157 ["The statutory language [of section 425.16] is unambiguous and plainly states that only a cause of action . . . may be subject to an anti-SLAPP motion."].) There is no authority holding that a special motion to strike can be directed to a motion. Plaintiff's instant motion is therefore procedurally improper and denied.

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