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The Documents
The evidence home page. Every exhibit in this matter carries a master-index designator (EX-###) with event date, custodian of the original, and status. The portal publishes working copies only; originals rest with the custodians named in each row. Items not yet in custody carry a TBA designator and are listed in the register at the foot of this page. Every characterization is an allegation; no finding has been made.
EX-001–094 Indexed
Copies, Never Originals
TBA Register Below
Index discipline · how to read the designators
- EX-### is permanent. A number, once assigned, is never reused. EX-092 is retired as a duplicate of EX-055; EX-073 through EX-087 are reserved pending a gap survey and are not to be reused.
- Event date governs, never capture date. Items pending optical verification carry “nd.”
- Withheld items: exhibits containing account numbers, routing numbers, or personal identifiers are held in the vault and marked WITHHELD here. Their existence and custodian are stated; their contents are not published.
- Status vocabulary: OF-RECORD (placed in the documentary file), VAULT (held, verified), WITHHELD (held, not published), RESERVED (number held, item pending), RETIRED (duplicate, never reused).
I
The Spine in Six Instruments
Full treatment · Dept. A
| Instrument | Description | Designators |
|---|
| 1 | 2022 tenancy instruments — operative lease, pet addendum, voided first envelope | EX-001 EX-002 EX-012 |
| 2 | April 26, 2024 lease, Authentisign 46CC8725 — owner-signed $6,375-received table; personal-account rent channel | EX-013 EX-089 EX-014 |
| 3 | Cure tender — cashier’s check #0084411044, delivered and held | EX-015 EX-016 EX-018 |
| 4 | Three-Day Notice of 6/21/2024 — unsigned; personal-account payment direction | EX-017 |
| 5 | Move-out instrument of 8/5/2024 with template twin and contractor invoice | EX-021 EX-022 EX-023 |
| 6 | Joint-payee check #0084412016 — negotiated, both endorsements | EX-034 EX-033 EX-032 |
II
The Two Held Instruments
Custody detail
Held Instrument 1EX-015 · EX-016 · Check #0084411044
The cure check — custody chain
Instrument
Cashier’s check #0084411044, $4,338.48, payable Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices — the only entity named on the operative lease as receiving rent. Amount = $5,350 contractual rent − $1,011.52 documented §1942 repair deduction.
Delivery
USPS Certified 9534914882764149935944, delivered 5/30/2024 3:43 PM, signature “H H” (EX-016). The owner’s contemporaneous text places the check in the broker’s hands (EX-018 cross-reference): agency receipt.
Custody
More than two months in the recipient’s custody. No endorsement. Never deposited. Never returned. Never credited. The precise interval endpoint is an open ruling (T-B); this page recites no figure beyond what the delivery record and the vacate date support.
Inference offered
Economic and documentary only, §913-safe: both held and contested sums sit inside California small-claims jurisdiction for natural persons. A creditor confident of the predicate negotiates the instrument or sues in the inexpensive forum. Holding a cure instrument sealed for the life of the dispute is conduct consistent with avoidance of adjudication on the predicate. Offered for the reviewing authority; no intent is asserted as proven.
Held Instrument 2EX-034 · Check #0084412016
The joint-payee check — disposition question
Instrument
Cashier’s check #0084412016, $5,338.48, payable jointly to the owner and his counsel of record; face caption DUPLICATE JUL 24 RENT / PAID UNDER PROTEST. Transmitted UPS 1Z6017R6803685099A1 (index of record; a divergent number in an earlier narrative paragraph is superseded by the index).
Disposition
Negotiated, both endorsements. The judgment ran to the client, not to counsel; payment was made under written protest.
Question presented
Into which account was the instrument deposited — an attorney business account, an attorney client-trust account (a CRPC 1.15 / Bus. & Prof. Code §6211 question if counsel-controlled), or a client account? Not established. The deposit-account identity is unverified, and this file does not assert whose account received the funds.
Subpoena target
T-A — Wells Fargo deposit-item record for check #0084412016: endorsement sequence, depositing account number, account ownership. One record answers the question.
III
Holdings by Cluster
Master index v3
Cluster 1 · Lease instruments
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-001 | 2022-04 | Operative 2022 lease, DocuSign E1408B26 | DocuSign Inc. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-002 | 2022-04-23 | Pet addendum, two dogs, DocuSign 5D80110C | DocuSign Inc. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-012 | 2024-04-22 | Voided lease envelope, DocuSign BF76EC2B | DocuSign Inc. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-013 | 2024-04-26 | 2024 lease, Authentisign 46CC8725; broker payment channel; sign-or-vacate window 4/28 | Authentisign / BHHS-CP | OF-RECORD |
| EX-089 | 2024-04-26 | Fully executed RLMM instrument — owner-signed move-in table, $6,375 received; rent by direct deposit to broker associate’s personally named account; rent-cap/just-cause addendum signed with exemption box unchecked; ¶36 fee cap $1,000 | Plaintiff vault | OF-RECORD |
| EX-071 | 2023-02-22 | Extension instrument (void), $5,000 to May 2024, env. D50B5641, expired-DBA signature block | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
| EX-052 | — | DocuSign envelope EAB29F18 — identify at placement | DocuSign Inc. | RESERVED |
| EX-053 | 2021-12-22 | Prior-tenant-era DocuSign envelope E0AE94F6 | DocuSign Inc. | RESERVED |
| EX-129 | 2024-04-08 | Gasio→Hanson Le · resident IDs (all three occupants) + prior VOID EL extension (env D50B5641); requests Tetyana’s reinclusion on the renewal | Yahoo / plaintiff | ENTERED · #114 (crop) |
| EX-133 | 2024-04 · nd | Hanson renewal-terms text · “one year lease (12 months)” but ~13 months in effect; rent to manager’s personal account (§10145); renewal-vs-novation | Carrier / plaintiff | ENTERED · #118 |
Cluster 2 · Payment & banking
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-003 | 2022-04-23 | Email designating the owner’s personal Wells Fargo account for the first wire | Yahoo / plaintiff archive | OF-RECORD |
| EX-004 | 2022-04-26 | First wire, $1,000, beneficiary the owner | Wells Fargo N.A. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-008 | 2023–2024 | Sixteen-wire ledger, $5,000 monthly, plaintiff account to owner account | Wells Fargo N.A. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-009 | 2024-04-19 | Wire $5,000, memo “New lease 24 one payment at 5000” | Wells Fargo N.A. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-010 | 2024-04-19 | Owner SMS 11:53 AM acknowledging the wire — one at old lease 5000, then new payment 5350 | Carrier / plaintiff device | OF-RECORD |
| EX-014 | 2024-04-26 | Broker text — payment “to me instead of to the owner” | Carrier / plaintiff device | OF-RECORD |
| EX-019 | 2024-06-28 | Off-contract wire $5,350 during the cure window, memo of protest | Wells Fargo N.A. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-033 | 2025-04-05 | Cashier’s check #0084411978 to the Clerk — voided NON-NEGOTIABLE | Wells Fargo N.A. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-034 | 2025-04-22 | Joint-payee check #0084412016 — negotiated, both endorsements; UPS 1Z6017R6803685099A1 | Wells Fargo N.A. / UPS | OF-RECORD |
| EX-108 | 2024-05-13 | Home Depot order WM68385688 · replacement dishwasher $1,011.52; §1942 repair-and-deduct / offset | Home Depot / plaintiff | ENTERED · #46 |
| EX-130 | 2024-04-04 / 04-19 | Tran SMS handoff to Hanson + WF wire confirmation (C1 sender-side: $5,000 to “Landlord”, fee $0) | Carrier / WF / plaintiff | ENTERED · #115 (crop) |
Cluster 3 · Cure tender & notice
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-015 | 2024-05-30 | Cure tender — cashier’s check #0084411044, $4,338.48, payable BHHS | Wells Fargo N.A. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-016 | 2024-05-30 | USPS Certified delivery 3:43 PM, signed “H H” | USPS | OF-RECORD |
| EX-017 | 2024-06-21 | Three-Day Notice — unsigned; directs payment to a personal account; broker-originated envelope | DocuSign Inc. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-018 | 2024-06-22 | Owner SMS — “Sorry I did nt know you did pay your rent to the Hanson account” | Carrier / plaintiff device | OF-RECORD |
| EX-126 | 2024-05-28 | Ethos letter to Gaertner · encloses cure check + repair bill; recites $6,350 trust transfer confirmed by Hanson (§10145); §1947.3 EFT challenge; proves Ethos knowledge | Plaintiff vault | ENTERED · #53 |
Cluster 4 · Habitability series (HAB)
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-005 | 2022-05-01 | HAB-001 geotagged photograph, 11:39 AM — under-sink mold, day of arrival | Google LLC / plaintiff | OF-RECORD |
| EX-006 | 2022-05-06 | HAB-002 agent text — kitchen wiring / dishwasher defect awareness, day six | Carrier / plaintiff device | OF-RECORD |
| EX-007 | 2022-05-06 | HAB-003 email to owner — under-sink outlet not working | Yahoo / plaintiff archive | OF-RECORD |
| EX-020 | 2024-07-27 | HAB-010 City of Huntington Beach inspector report — no pet damage | City of Huntington Beach | OF-RECORD |
| EX-024–028 | various | HAB-005–009 photograph sets: ceiling leak; wet wall and baseboard; move-out carpet (no damage); move-out kitchen; full tenant repaint | Plaintiff repository | OF-RECORD |
| EX-029 | — | HAB-012 cross-reference: move-out report signed by the 2022 broker seventeen months after written agency termination (see EX-011, EX-021) | — | OF-RECORD |
| EX-030–031 | — | HAB-013/014 video — dishwasher removal; wall saturation behind dishwasher | Plaintiff repository | OF-RECORD |
| EX-100 | 2022-05-06 | Dishwasher + under-sink outlet defective at move-in; owner (kyphat@yahoo.com = Tran) on notice from inception; no walkthrough | Yahoo / plaintiff | ENTERED · #17 |
| EX-101 | 2024-05-15 | Replacement dishwasher + cabinet-base water damage (two-failure chain, EX-100 → EX-108) | Plaintiff / Google Photos | ENTERED · #83 |
| EX-131 | 2024-04-30 | 4/30 complaint to owner · dishwasher not repaired/replaced; broken window, pipes, screens, kitchen unaddressed; §1942.5 protected activity | Carrier / plaintiff | ENTERED · #116 |
Cluster 5 · Move-out & claims
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-021 | 2024-08-05 | Move-Out Clearance Report, DocuSign F5D247C2 — $2,005 attorney-fee deduction line; $14,548 claimed | DocuSign Inc. | OF-RECORD |
| EX-022 | 2024-08-05 | Blank move-out template, publicly distributed — same envelope ID as the executed document | Internet Archive / DocuSign | OF-RECORD |
| EX-023 | 2024-08-14 | Contractor Invoice #2412 — $7,835 carpet claim (HAB-011); CSLB licensee of record | LY Construction / CSLB | OF-RECORD |
| EX-107 | 2022-04-28 | Kitchen/entry LAMINATE move-in condition · non-carpet flooring documented; rebuts the F5D247C2 $7,835 carpet charge (pairs EX-094 tile) | Plaintiff / Google Photos | ENTERED · #13/14 |
Cluster 6 · Court records
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-032 | 2025-03-27 | Under-submission ruling / minute order, Doc ID 74522578 — three facial discrepancies of record | OCSC Clerk | OF-RECORD |
| EX-035 | trial | Exhibit disposition of record: defendant exhibits J–O, Q admitted; P marked, not admitted; two contracts returned unmarked | OCSC Clerk | OF-RECORD |
| EX-036 | 2021 | Prior-tenant UD, same property and counsel — certified ROA #2, #5, #34 in custody (docket fact only; substance extraction pending T-C) | OCSC Clerk | OF-RECORD |
| EX-037 | 2018 | 2018 family-network docket, 30-2018-00982394 | OCSC Clerk | OF-RECORD |
| EX-044 | 2025 | 2025 fraud matter, 30-2025-01502635, Dept. C10 — same family network; the 2022 broker appears as defendant and cross-complainant | OCSC Clerk | OF-RECORD |
| EX-093 | 2025 | (Proposed) amended judgment — transmission record pending T-D | Plaintiff vault | OF-RECORD |
Cluster 7 · Recorded instruments & conversion
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-038 | 2004-12-13 | Grant deed of record, #2004001106731 | OC Recorder | OF-RECORD |
| EX-039 | 2017 | Purchase deeds of record, #2017000552241/-242 | OC Recorder | OF-RECORD |
| EX-040 | 2025-10 | Parcel transfer to Delaware LLC, CA File #B20250360378 — Civ. Code §3439.04 badge chain, recorded facts only | OC Recorder / CA SOS | OF-RECORD |
| EX-121 | 2025-07 | Airbnb host profile “Phat” (verified) · two whole-home listings; co-host “Vui”; post-eviction STR conversion | Plaintiff archive | STAGED |
| EX-122 | 2026 | Accela permit search · no STR / business permit of record for 19235 Brynn post-2004 (HBMC Ch.5.120) | City of HB | STAGED |
| EX-123 | 2025-07-03 | Code-enforcement email · STR-status request to City (code.enforcement@surfcity-hb.org) | Plaintiff / City of HB | STAGED |
Cluster 8 · Agency & enforcement
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-045 | 2024–2026 | DRE files: 2022 broker matter #1-24-0513-010 (closed; notice question unresolved); 2024 broker matter #1-26-0304-002 (pre-complaint intake). No finding has been made on either. | CA DRE | OF-RECORD |
| EX-046 | 2026 | HBPD file AI 26-0003 and related determinations; PC §134 referral of 5/18/2026 | HBPD | OF-RECORD |
| EX-041 | 2026-04 | Multi-agency certified mailing sets (4/2 and 4/25/2026); FTC report number of record | USPS | OF-RECORD |
| EX-042 | 2026-05-11 | District Attorney referral mailing — certified 9589 0710 5270 3530 1127 14, delivered | USPS | OF-RECORD |
| EX-120 | 2024-04-06 | Hanson Le “Property Manager” SMS · Europe-travel stall (back 4/15) + all-occupant driver’s-license demand during the cure/renewal window | Carrier / plaintiff | ENTERED · #35 |
| EX-125 | 2026-01-27 | Tunstall (HBPD) PSU email · USB refused, matter “deemed civil” | HBPD / plaintiff | STAGED |
Cluster 9 · Web & archive captures
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-043 | 2026-05 | Internet Archive captures of opposing counsel’s published forms and guidance, 87 elements indexed | Internet Archive | OF-RECORD |
| EX-058 | nd | Listing capture — appliances including washer/dryer; parcel number of record | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
| EX-063 | 2022-04 | Full-page 2022 listing capture — new carpet, HOA, gardener representations | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
| EX-064 | 2022-04-10 | Directory capture — 2022 broker as renter’s agent of record; deposit figure | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
Cluster 10 · Correspondence & party statements
| EX | Date | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-011 | 2023-03-18 | HAB-004 written agency termination by the 2022 broker (“I no longer work for…”); chain at EX-068 | Yahoo / plaintiff archive | OF-RECORD |
| EX-054 | 2024-07-18 | Communication-authority transfer email to prior counsel — ADA / RPC 1.4(a)(3) anchor (historical exhibit) | Yahoo / plaintiff archive | EMBEDDED |
| EX-055 | nd | Agent-line SMS — written statement that a pet addendum was deliberately left out of a lease instrument. Three opens of record: event date; line attribution (hedged); which lease. Headline of the dog-concealment cluster. | Plaintiff vault | VAULT · OPENS |
| EX-057, 061 | nd | Agent-line SMS set — balance received / key handover; washer-dryer installation | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
| EX-059–060 | nd / 2022-04 | Listing-accuracy notices and composite captures | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
| EX-065–070 | 2023–2024 | 2023 thread set: fee-refund demand; renewal envelopes; renewal outreach; agency-termination chain; early-payment-threat email; thread index | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
| EX-072 | 2024-04-02 | Owner email — “please do not think we’re looking new lessee”; market figure of record | Plaintiff vault | VAULT |
| EX-088 | 2025-01-28 | Prior-counsel dual instrument — same-day reengagement offer and formal State Bar complaint with insurance demand. Bar matter at formal review; no finding has been made. | Plaintiff vault | OF-RECORD |
| EX-090 | 2022-04-22/23 | 2022 move-in correspondence thread — pet deposit, written wire instructions, broker-trust-bypass question. Contains account and routing identifiers. | Plaintiff vault | WITHHELD |
| EX-091 | 2022-04-19 | First contact — two dogs disclosed in the first message; location chosen for the dogs; predicate for EX-090 | Plaintiff vault | OF-RECORD |
| EX-062 | nd | Annotated contractor correspondence — structural condition | Plaintiff vault | WITHHELD |
| EX-128 | 2024-04-02–04 | Native Tran thread · “please do not think we’re looking [for a] new lessee” + “computer broken” DocuSign stalls; contemporaneous distress | Yahoo / plaintiff | ENTERED · #113 |
| EX-132 | 2024-04-03 | Gasio→Phat · no contact from the new manager; asks for his number during the stall window (thread later blocked) | Carrier / plaintiff | ENTERED · #117 |
Cluster 11 · Exhibit series of the actor dossiers
| EX | Description | Custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-047 | PS-01…PS-20 screenshot series (PS-03 carries the cure-tender tracking; PS-20 is the stripped-financials lock — personal financial data never republished) | Plaintiff archive | OF-RECORD |
| EX-048 | R-01…R-19 prior-counsel exhibit series (R-03 citation gap to confirm) | Plaintiff archive | OF-RECORD |
| EX-049 | Broker exhibit set 01–07 — first contact through disengagement | Plaintiff archive | OF-RECORD |
| EX-050–051 | Exhibit W-1 (wires page); Exhibit T19 (owner dossier) | Plaintiff archive | OF-RECORD |
Cluster 12 · Medical strand (sealed)
Public role-and-city placeholders only. The underlying records are protected health information, held vault-only and never served from this host. The plaintiff is a 100% disabled senior with documented cardiac and anxiety conditions; aggravation/eggshell is asserted. The cardiac-billing backing (EX-127) is vault-only and is not linked.
| EX | Date | Description | Backing / custodian | Status |
|---|
| EX-134 | various | Cardiology — Fresno (provider 1 of 2) | Vault · backing 2020 Dr. Liu | DEAD RED LINK · vault-only |
| EX-135 | various | Cardiology — Fresno (provider 2 of 2) | Vault · backing pending | DEAD RED LINK · vault-only |
| EX-136 | various | Cardiology — San Pedro | Vault · backing pending | DEAD RED LINK · vault-only |
| EX-137 | various | General Practitioner — Newport Beach (noticed irregularity; referred to Hoag) | Vault · backing pending | DEAD RED LINK · vault-only |
| EX-138 | various | Cardiology — Newport Beach (Hoag) | Vault · backing EX-127 | DEAD RED LINK · vault-only |
| EX-139 | various | Psychology — Huntington Beach (link 1 of 2) | Vault · Octave + superbill pending | DEAD RED LINK · vault-only |
| EX-140 | various | Psychology — Huntington Beach (link 2 of 2) | Vault · backing pending | DEAD RED LINK · vault-only |
IV
Number Discipline
Reserved · retired · next
| Designator | Disposition |
|---|
| EX-073–087 | RESERVED — assigned of record but unsurveyed; gap survey pending. Do not reuse. |
| EX-092 | RETIRED — duplicate assignment of EX-055; content and open items transferred; number never reused. |
| EX-094 | RESERVED — “put-in-writing” SMS; optical read pending (T-E). |
| Next EX | EX-095. The master evidence index (v3 CSV) is the single numbering authority for this file. |
| EX-096–119 | RESERVED · no backing of record (6/11 vault-sweep block, voided per ADD-9). Entered exceptions: EX-100, 101, 107, 108. Do not reuse the rest. |
| EX-075–077 | RETIRED · duplicate assignments of EX-001 / EX-002 / EX-071. First-assigned governs; not reused. |
| EX-124 | RESERVED · deliberate staging gap. Do not reuse without ruling. |
| EX-141–150 | INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK · reserved slots held open (evidence ongoing). Numbered like blank pages. |
| Next new | EX-151. Master index runs EX-001–150 (v5); 141–150 held blank. |
V
TBA Register
Records not yet in custody
| TBA | Record sought | Acquisition path |
|---|
| T-A | Wells Fargo deposit-item record, check #0084412016 — endorsement sequence, depositing account number, account ownership | Subpoena (counsel) |
| T-B | Cure-check custody-interval endpoint ruling — until ruled, pages recite “more than two months, no endorsement” | Publisher ruling on the documents |
| T-C | Substance extraction from certified prior-tenant ROA copies in custody (EX-036) — until extracted, docket fact only, motive unstated | Vault session |
| T-D | Certified-mail transmission record for the proposed amended judgment (EX-093) | Records recovery |
| T-E | Optical read of reserved SMS exhibit EX-094 | Vault session |
| TBA-1 | Branch-manager pre-filing text thread of 6/25/2024 — full device export | Device export / carrier |
| TBA-2 | Dept. C61 trial record — audio of all three hearing dates; verbatim transcript | EAR-1976 / EAR-2027 pending; court-reporter order for transcript |
| TBA-3 | Designated-officer disciplinary case files (five), public records | DRE public-records request |
| TBA-4 | Court-filed verifications and the 1/21/2025 Substitution of Attorney | OCSC Clerk certified copies |
| TBA-5 | Pre-execution written LEP notice, April 2024 window | Records recovery |
| TBA-7 | Appellate-division disposition copy, 9/20/2022 matter | OCSC Clerk certified copy |
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