Uriarte v. Matrai CA1/4

Filed 6/1/23 Uriarte v. Matrai CA1/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

MICHELE URIARTE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A166135, A166232 v. GYORGY MATRAI, (Contra Costa County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 1902312)

MEMORANDUM OPINION1 We address here the latest two appeals to reach us filed by Gyorgy Matrai, who is representing himself in a marital dissolution action with his former spouse, Michele Uriarte.2 Uriarte did not file a respondent’s brief or any other documents in either appeal, so we decide them based on Matrai’s opening briefs and the incomplete record

We resolve this case by memorandum opinion pursuant to the 1

California Standards of Judicial Administration, section 8.1. In an order dated May 2, 2023, we consolidated these appeals for argument and decision. Matrai’s opening briefs are largely identical, including with respect to virtually all of the statutes and court rules he cites. Matrai has filed multiple appeals challenging various orders 2

issued in the same underlying action. One appeal remains pending, while the rest have been resolved against him by opinion or summary dismissal. 1

he supplied. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.220(a)(2).) Because we conclude that all aspects of the two trial court orders Matrai challenges are not appealable, we will dismiss the appeals. The first order, entered on September 2, 2022, “dropped from calendar” six of Matrai’s motions and requests for orders because he failed to appear at the August 29, 2022 hearing on those requests. In the same order, the court directed Matrai to pay $4,999.99 in sanctions to Uriarte for his failure to respond to her discovery requests, and directed Uriarte to create a compendium cataloguing the various discovery requests to which Matrai had not responded. The second order, entered September 15, 2022, removed from calendar another five of Matrai’s requests for orders relating to custody, visitation, and other issues, again based on his failure to appear at the hearing on those requests (scheduled for September 15, 2022); the order also continued a hearing on an order to show cause why additional sanctions should not be imposed on him.