Diaz v. Baca

MEMORANDUM *

Frances L. Diaz appeals the district court’s denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Diaz is an attorney who was included in a judgment awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to her client’s opponent pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP statute, Cal.Civ.Proc.Code § 425.16. Diaz failed to pay the judgment and refused to submit to a judgment debtor exam, for which the trial court held her in contempt, ordering her to pay additional fees. When Diaz failed to pay the fees the court again found her in contempt and sentenced her to serve three days in jail. This appeal arises…