Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

It is painful to read your post.

Years ago, my parents were in New Orleans, and were lost. They approached a homeless person who was sleeping on a park bench and told them that they were lost. The homeless man on the bench asked them a great question. "Where are you going?"

The point of this story is that you are so vague. You do not tell us what you are trying to do, where you started, or where you are going? You just simply tell us that you are lost.

As you point out in your own post, the LACIV 234 is simply a proof of service for filing a notice of appeal in an administrative hearing. But I have the feeling that you are involved in something that involves neither an appeal nor an administrative hearing.

Please tell us what happened and what it is you are trying to do instead of running around shouting that you are lost.

Mr. Roach is being quite kind.

You are not going to be given a law school education or training by responses to ProPer questions here or elsewhere. You are not going to be given 'legal advice' by anyone on this or similar forums, as it is against the Professional Rules of Conduct. You are not going to have your case research, writing or procedure guidance done for free here, for the same reasons You are not going to be given any 'slack' or forgiveness of mistakes by judges, as you are expected to know all the rules, the same as the attorneys you will be up against. What you can expect from this and other sites is general guidance about where to go and what to seek, and a general opinion whether you have a case. The only advice that is going to help you in pursuing a lawsuit or appeal is for you to either go the the law library and spend the time researching and learning all the law and procedure issues you face, or to hire an attorney willing to handle your case properly.

You can start your research by studying 'practice guide books' on Appellate Practice and Procedure, and then to determine what to appropriately argue on appeal you'll need to study Civil Procedure Before Trial, Civil Trial Procedure, Civil Post Trial Procedure, Evidence Introduction, Objections, and Law and Motion Procedure. That is what attorneys do to learn what they need to know after law school.

Choose wisely how to proceed.