U.S. Bank National Association v. Sepehry-Fard CA6

I. BACKGROUND

As the plaintiff in case number 16CV296244, Sepehry-Fard filed a statement of disqualification against the judge presiding in his case. Various defendants sought a declaration that Sepehry-Fard was a vexatious litigant and requested a prefiling order. In September 2016, the judge struck the statement of disqualification, declared Sepehry-Fard a vexatious litigant, and imposed a prefiling order. Sepehry-Fard filed a

2 The September 2016 orders were entered in Sepehry-Fard v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al., Santa Clara County Superior Court case number 16CV296244. 3 Sepehry-Fard’s application is not in the appellate record.

2 notice of appeal from all three orders. In 2017, this court denied his request to initiate the appeal. As the plaintiff in Sepehry-Fard v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al., Santa Clara County Superior Court case number 17CV310716, Sepehry-Fard filed an application to vacate the prefiling order and remove him from the vexatious litigant list. (Respondent U.S. Bank National Association (U.S. Bank) is among the defendants Sepehry-Fard named in that action.) In 2022, the original judge who entered the prefiling order denied…