California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Keim v. Wren, C085578 (Cal. App. 2019):
278.) "[F]ailure of an appellant in a civil action to articulate any pertinent or intelligible legal argument in an opening brief may, in the discretion of the court, be deemed an abandonment of the appeal justifying dismissal." (Berger v. Godden (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 1113, 1119.)
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