Mukai

BACKGROUND

Lisa initiated the lawsuit on July 24, 2014. On August 11 of that year, the trial court issued a preliminary injunction restraining defendants from transferring or disbursing proceeds from the sale of the property. Defendants filed a notice of appeal challenging the preliminary injunction order at the end of August. (Mukai. v. Singh (Oct. 29, 2015, C077273) [nonpub. opn.].) On May 1, 2015, Lisa filed a motion to strike defendants’ cross-complaint pursuant to section 425.16 (the anti-SLAPP motion). The trial court granted the anti- SLAPP motion but the order was not signed and filed until December 28, 2016. This court affirmed the trial court’s preliminary injunction order in case No. C077273 and issued a remittitur on December 29, 2015. On April 11, 2016, the trial court set the case for a seven-day jury trial to commence on January 10, 2017, but that trial date was later vacated because the pleadings were not yet settled. On February 27, 2017, Rebecca, Ralie and Stella filed a notice of appeal challenging the order granting Lisa’s anti-SLAPP motion. (Singh v. Mukai (Oct. 26, 2018, C084181) [nonpub. opn.].) This court affirmed the trial court’s order and issued a…