Zhang

BACKGROUND

A. Chui Litigation and Li I Attorney James Li represented Michael Chui in a quiet title action and extended to Chui a line of credit to finance the litigation. Chui secured the credit line by giving Li five deeds of trust encumbering the subject property. On October 6, 2010, the trial court entered judgment in the quiet title action and ordered “partition of the property by sale,” but the proceeds were insufficient to cover Li’s attorney fees. Li, not Chui, moved on his own behalf to vacate the judgment on the ground that proceeds from the sale would not cover his attorney fees. The trial court denied the motion and we affirmed, concluding that Li has no cognizable interest in being paid for his legal services specifically from the judgment proceeds. He was therefore not aggrieved by any purported insufficiency in the judgment and had no standing to have it vacated. (Tsui v. Li (Sept. 26, 2011, B229644) [nonpub. opn.] (Li I).) We issued our remittitur in Li I on November 30, 2011. B. Zhang Litigation On remand, the property could not be sold because Li refused to release his interest in Chui’s 50 percent share until his legal fees were paid. To overcome this…