Sui

FACTS

In August 2010, Sui and Pei-yu Yang filed this action against defendants. In July 2011, Sui filed a petition for bankruptcy relief in the bankruptcy court. In May 2012, defendants and Sui’s bankruptcy trustee entered into a settlement agreement, whereby defendants would pay $5,000 and release Sui’s bankruptcy estate from any malicious prosecution claims against Sui, in exchange for the dismissal with

1 We grant defendants’ request for judicial notice under Evidence Code sections 452, 453, and 459 as to the following exhibits to the request: Exhibit A (quitclaim deed from Sui and Pei-yu-Yang to Pei-yu-Yang recorded June 10, 2009), exhibit B (Sui’s petition for bankruptcy relief under ch. 7 of tit. 11 of the Bankr. Code), exhibit C (settlement agreement between defendants and Sui’s bankruptcy trustee, dated May 4, 2012), exhibit E (order from bankruptcy court approving the settlement agreement), exhibit G (this court’s order dismissing Sui’s appeal of the dismissal in the superior court, filed Sept. 6, 2013); and exhibit H (order from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal dated July 7, 2014 affirming the order of the bankruptcy appellate panel dismissing as moot Sui’s appeal from…