Is there a statutory right to appeal an early appeal of an anti-SLAPP finding in a limited civil case?

The absence of a statutory provision for an immediate appeal of an anti-SLAPP ruling in a limited civil case is significant for an additional reason. As the court observed in Grewal v. Jammu (2011) 191 Cal.App.4th 977, 119 Cal.Rptr.3d 835 ( Grewal ): " [W]hat use is a mechanism to allow you to get out of a case early if it is undercut by an erroneous decision of the trial judge? The point of the anti-SLAPP statute is that you have a right not to be dragged through the courts because you exercised your constitutional rights. The right to appeal a denial of an anti-SLAPP motion is important because it protects the interest validated by the anti-SLAPP statute. " ( Id . at p. 1003, 119 Cal.Rptr.3d 835.) Thus, without a statutory right to an immediate appeal of an anti-SLAPP ruling, any right to bring an anti-SLAPP motion in a limited civil case would be of limited utility. The fact that section 425.16, subdivision (i ) and section 904.2 do not provide for an early appeal of an anti-SLAPP ruling in a limited civil case reflects that anti-SLAPP

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motions may not be brought in such cases.