In his latest Daily Journal column, Manatt Appellate Partner Benjamin Shatz explored ways that a Court of Appeal may address an appeal taken from a non-appealable order.
In the article, Shatz discussed the various reasons for why appeals may be dismissed, and cited Gombos v. Ashe to examine how courts can exercise certain methods to save defective appeals. He explained how the “Gombos procedure” has become part of some appellate courts’ approach to use their “modification” power, and concluded that although such defective appeals may be saved, “appellants should strive to get it right and fix their own mistakes.”
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