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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA

MANUCHEHR RIAZATI , Plaintiff and Appellant

v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO , Defendant and Respondent

. D063941

(Super. Ct. No. 37

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APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County,
Randa Trapp , Judge. Affirmed. Manuchehr Riazati, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Th omas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, and George W. Brewster, Jr., Chief Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

Manuchehr Riazati , appearing in propria persona, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of respondent County of San Diego (the C ounty). Riazati asserts the trial court erred when it sustained the County ' s demurrer to his first amended complaint without2

leave to amend. Because Riazati has failed to provide an adequate record on appeal, we
cannot conclude the trial court erred. Ac cordingly, we affirm the judgment.
DISCUSSION A demurrer may be sustained without leave to amend where the facts are not in dispute and the nature of the appellant ' s claim is clear but, under substantive law, no liability exists. ( Seidler v. Municipal Co urt (1993) 12 Cal.App.4th 1229, 1233 .) In conducting our appellate review, we presume that a judgment or order of a lower court is

correct. ( Denham v. Superior Court (1970) 2 Cal.3d 557, 564 .) Thus, a party challenging a judgment or an appealable order " has the burden of showing reversible error by an adequate record. " ( Ballard v. Uribe (1986) 41 Cal.3d 564, 574 .) If the appellant fails to provide an adequate record to support a claim, the issue must be resolved in favor of the respondent. ( Maria P. v . Riles (1987) 43 Cal.3d 1281, 1295

- 1296 .) Finally, al though Riazati is representing h im self in this litigation, the rules of civil procedure apply with equal force to self

- represented parties as they do to those represented by attorneys. ( Rappleyea v. C ampbell (1994) 8 Cal.4th 975, 984

- 985 .) The appellate record supplied by Riazati is limited to the minute order sustaining
the demurrer without leave to amend , the notice designating record on appeal and the notice of appeal. Riazati is asking us to eval uate the trial court ' s order sustaining the County ' s demurrer to his first amended complaint, but did not provide us with a copy of that pleading , the County ' s demurrer or his opposition thereto (if any). Accordingly,
Riazati has not overcome the presumpt ion of correctness of the trial court ' s order.3

Riazati moved to present additional evidence the day before oral argument. Although this court has authority to augment the appellate record ( Cal. Rules of Court, rules 8.410(b) & 8.155(a) ), the documents pr esented do not remedy the above defects.
The motion is denied.
DISPOSITION The judgment is affirmed. Respondent is entitled to its costs on appeal.

M C INTYRE, J.
WE CONCUR:
M C DONALD, Acting P. J. IRION, J.