Dashti v. Dashti CA2/8

Opinion

Filed 8/28/26 Dashti v. Dashti CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

THAIANNE ALMEIDA DASHTI, B348326

Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 23WHFL01362 v.

ALI DASHTI,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Maria May J. Santos, Commissioner. Affirmed. Thaianne Almeida Dashti in pro per. Ali Dashti in pro per. ____________________ Ali Dashti appeals the trial court’s imposition of a domestic restraining order and custody judgments. Because Dashti failed to provide an adequate record for review, we affirm. The trial court held a hearing on Dashti’s wife’s request for a domestic violence restraining order. From the minute order, we know both parties testified, and the wife submitted exhibits. At the hearing, the court issued a restraining order valid for five years. In his notice of appeal, Dashti states he is appealing the restraining order and custody judgments. In his opening brief, Dashti similarly complains of the trial court’s custody determinations and orders. However, neither the imposed restraining order nor any order about custody or visitation is in the record. Dashti filed a motion to amend his designation of the record. The motion was denied, but the court invited Dashti to file a motion to augment the record. Dashti failed to do so. We presume the trial court’s ruling is correct. (Gee v. American Realty & Construction, Inc. (2002) 99 Cal.App.4th 1412, 1416.) An appellant bears the affirmative burden of demonstrating prejudicial error. (LNSU #1, LLC v. Alta Del Mar Coastal Collection Community Assn. (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 1050, 1070.) The appellant must support his assertion with cogent argument with citation to authority and accurate citations to the record. (Ibid.) Where the appellant fails to provide an adequate record to permit review, his arguments are forfeited. (Jameson v. Desta (2018) 5 Cal.5th 594, 609.) Dashti has not provided the orders he wishes us to review, any transcripts from the hearings, nor any of the evidence presented at the hearings. Unsurprisingly given the the paucity of the record, his brief does not contain the requisite citations to the record.

2 Dashti has forfeited his arguments by failing to provide a proper record and to follow the rules for an opening brief. DISPOSITION We affirm the order and award costs to Thaianne Dashti.

WILEY, J.

We concur:

STRATTON, P. J.

VIRAMONTES, J.