Bauman

Bauman v. Wells Fargo Bank CA4/1

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 8, 2022D078697California2,053 words

Opinion

Opinion

I.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Jordana Bauman filed the underlying action against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Wells Fargo) and other defendants, based on Bauman’s allegations that Wells Fargo wrongfully foreclosed on her home. Bauman is appealing from two orders that the trial court issued in the underlying proceeding; Bauman seeks reversal of the trial court’s order declaring her a vexatious litigant and its subsequent order requiring her to obtain the approval of the court before filing additional litigation. We conclude that the inadequacy of the record provided on appeal is such that Bauman cannot demonstrate reversible error. We therefore affirm the orders of the trial court.

II.

BACKGROUND

Bauman filed this action in March 2019. Deficiencies in the record on appeal make it difficult to ascertain precisely what occurred as the litigation proceeded.1 A copy of the trial court’s register of actions that is included in the record reflects that a number of motions and requests were filed in the case between the filing of the complaint and August 2020, when Wells Fargo

filed a renewed motion for entry of a vexatious litigant prefiling order.2 According to the register of actions,…

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