Kalvans

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs purchased real estate in Bradley, California that was ultimately lost through foreclosure. Plaintiffs sued several parties including the seller, lenders, title companies, and a foreclosure company. Nearly all defendants moved for summary judgment, and Kalvans appealed from several of those judgments in 2012. Kalvans failed to perfect an appeal against defendant Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, and the appeal against defendant Henrik Nielsen was dismissed as untimely. In 2015 we issued an unpublished opinion in Kalvans v. Springleaf Financial Services, Inc. (H038135, filed August 21, 2015) (Kalvans I) upholding judgments in favor of defendants American General Financial Services, Inc. (American General), Ted L. Pickett and Robbie J. Pickett, and All American Foreclosure Services. In July 2013 plaintiffs moved to set aside summary judgment in favor of defendant Nielsen based on newly-discovered evidence of fraud and illegal conduct. That motion was denied orally by the trial court after hearing, followed by a written order entered September 20, 2013. On December 3, 2013, the trial court denied plaintiffs’ motion to reconsider its September 20…