What are appellant's arguments in a personal injury action?

None of appellant's arguments compel a contrary conclusion. This includes appellant's argument concerning his June 18, 2015 statement to the trial court that, "[t]he only thing I wasn't in compliance with actually was my - - was paying the money and absconding and that's because my social security was cut off." First, appellant did not make this statement under oath or pursuant to a lawful equivalent. The trial court was not obligated to believe appellant's unsworn statement. (See People v. White (2011) 191 Cal.App.4th 1333, 1340 [" '[u]nsworn

Page 10

testimony does not constitute "evidence" within the meaning of the Evidence Code.' "]; Evid. Code, 140, 710.)