Khan

I. BACKGROUND

1 A. Factual Background 2 Khan is a resident of Santa Clara County, California and owns a house in Morgan Hill, 3 California. ECF No. 1, Ex. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 1, 8. According to Khan, around November 1, 2005, 4 an unknown individual fraudulently forged and executed a second deed of trust on Khan’s house 5 for over $200,000 under Khan’s name. Id. ¶ 10(a). Khan acknowledges that he discovered this 6 fraudulent deed between 2007 and 2008. Id. ¶ 11(a). Khan contacted the lender listed on that 7 deed, Countrywide Home Loan, and claimed that he did not execute the loan. Id. ¶ 11(b). 8 Countrywide allegedly refused to discuss the loan with Khan because Khan supposedly did not 9 execute the loan documents. Id. ¶ 11(c). Khan acknowledges that besides these actions, Khan 10 “made little efforts to resolve the issue of the forged” loan because Khan “was consumed in 11 Probate litigation and family affairs.” Id. ¶ 11(f). 12 In 2014, SLS began sending Khan loan statements related to the allegedly fraudulent deed 13 of trust. Id. ¶ 11(g). In May 2018, Prestige was substituted as the trustee on the deed. ECF No. 14 19, Ex. 3. Shortly after, on June 1, 2018, Prestige…