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Filed 2/29/24 Fox v. Radonix CA4/3

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              IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                     FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                 DIVISION THREE

 JOHN DANIEL FOX,

      Plaintiff and Appellant,                                         G062103

                     v.                                                (Super. Ct. Nos. 30-2021-01201867,
                                                                        30-2021-01203509)
 RADONIX, INC. et al.,
                                                                       OPINION
      Defendants and Respondents.

                   Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Walter P.
Schwarm, Judge. Affirmed.
                   John Daniel Fox, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
                   J.M. O’Connor Law Group and Joseph M. O’Connor for Defendants and
Respondents.

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              Plaintiff and Appellant John Daniel Fox appeals from an order granting a
motion brought by defendants (Radonix, Inc., Shahram Tork, Maryam Golbakhsh) to set
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aside default judgments Fox had entered against them. Fox did not, however, file
opposition to the motion in the trial court and has not furnished a reporter’s transcript of
the hearing. By failing to oppose the motion in the trial court, Fox has forfeited his
arguments that the trial court’s ruling was erroneous.
              If a party fails to file an opposition to the motion leading to the challenged
order or judgment, and that party also does not provide a reporter’s transcript of the
underlying proceeding, that party waives all arguments against the challenged order or
judgment. (Southern California Gas Co. v. Flannery (2016) 5 Cal.App.5th 476, 483, fn.
7; see Mangano v. Verity, Inc. (2009) 179 Cal.App.4th 217, 221 [defendant who failed to
oppose motion in limine to exclude evidence forfeits his ability to argue on appeal that
the evidence was improperly excluded]; Bell v. American Title Ins. Co. (1991) 226
Cal.App.3d 1589, 1602 [failure to oppose motion in the trial court waives objections on
appeal].)
              Indeed, “[a] failure to oppose a motion may be deemed a consent to the
granting of the motion.” (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.54(c).) In addition, “‘“[i]t is
fundamental that a reviewing court will ordinarily not consider claims made for the first
time on appeal which could have been but were not presented to the trial court.” Thus,
“we ignore arguments, authority, and facts not presented and litigated in the trial court.
Generally, issues raised for the first time on appeal which were not litigated in the trial
court are waived.”’” (Kashmiri v. Regents of University of California (2007) 156
Cal.App.4th 809, 830.)

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                 Fox also requested the entry of a court judgment against each defendant.
The trial court did not sign the proposed judgments and they were never entered.

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              Accordingly, Fox has waived or forfeited all arguments he might have in
support of a reversal and, as a consequence, has failed to meet the burden as an appellant
of affirmatively demonstrating error. (Jameson v. Desta (2018) 5 Cal.5th 594, 608-609.)
We therefore affirm the order granting the motion to set aside the defaults. Defendants
shall recover costs on appeal.

                                                 SANCHEZ, J.

WE CONCUR:

BEDSWORTH, ACTING P. J.

GOODING, J.

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