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30-2026-01590441·orange·Civil·Unlawful Detainer
Hearing todaySUSTAINED without leave to amend; complaint dismissed with prejudice.

Nguyen vs. McIntosh

Demurrer to Amended Complaint

Hearing date
Sep 4, 2026
Department
C61
Prevailing
Defendant

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Parties

PlaintiffNguyen
DefendantMcIntosh

Ruling

The Court Clerk is to provide notice.

4 30-2026-01590441 The Court has read and considered the Defendants' Demurrer to Amended Nguyen vs. McIntosh Complaint (ROA 11) and the Amended Complaint (ROA 7).

California Civil Code § 1954.535 provides that an owner must provide a tenant subject to an agreement or contract with a government agency with 90 days' written notice of the termination of the contract. This California Civil Code section does not exempt a landlord from the requirements under the Tenant Protection of 2019 if it applies to the tenancy, requiring notice under the just cause provision under Civil Code section 1946.2(b) or the California Code of Civil Procedure § 1161 requirements. The Plaintiff answered 7(b) in the Amended Complaint that the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 applies and that, under 8(a), the tenancy was terminated for at-fault just cause. The 90 Day Notice attached to the Amended Complaint does not meet the legal notice requirements for a just cause termination pursuant to Civil Code § 1946.2(b) or the California Code of Civil Procedure § 1161 requirements.

A Notice to Quit cannot be amended. The Court of Appeal held that when a plaintiff fails to strictly comply with the requirement under California Code of Civil Procedure section 1161, a plaintiff fails to state a cause of action for unlawful detainer. (Eshagian v. Cepeda (2025) 112 Cal.App. 5th 433, 457- 459.)

The Court SUSTAINS the Demurrer without leave to amend.

The Court dismisses the complaint with prejudice.

The Court Clerk is to provide notice of the Court’s ruling.

6 30-2026-01542413 The Court has read and considered the Defendant Stephanie Martin Christopher Paul Rutledge’s Notice of Motion to Set Aside the June 29, 2026 Default Money Teague as Trustee of Judgment (ROA 70), Declaration in Support (ROA 73), and Reply to Motion the Teague Family (ROA 75). Trust dated August 5, 2010 as restated on The Defendant failed to provide notice and service of the Motion pursuant to August 17, 2018 vs. California Code of Civil Procedure § 1005 on the Plaintiff. No declaration of Rutledge service or proof of service is attached to the Motion to Vacate, Declaration In support or Reply to Motion. The Court of Appeal held that a litigant in propria persona is subject to the same restrictive rules of procedure as an attorney. (Kabbe v. Miller (1990) 226 Cal.App. 3d 93, 98.)

The Court takes the motion off calendar as it was not properly noticed or served.

The Court Clerk is to provide notice of the Court’s ruling. 7 30-2026-01577309 The Court has read and considered the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Yang vs. Byun Judgment (ROA 39). No Opposition was filed by the Plaintiff’s counsel as of 5:36 AM on September 4, 2026.

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