Murtaza Iqbal Dar
Public Case Record & Procedural History
Hoang Van Vu v. Murtaza Iqbal Dar
Los Angeles Superior Court · Santa Monica Courthouse · Case No. 23SMCV04492
This website provides a documented, public-record account of the procedural history of Hoang Van Vu v. Murtaza Iqbal Dar, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23SMCV04492.
A default judgment was entered against me on December 4, 2025. I do not deny or minimize the existence of that judgment. This website exists to provide the procedural context necessary to understand how that judgment was reached and to make the relevant public court record accessible for independent review.
I appeared in the action as a self-represented defendant and filed an Answer on November 14, 2023. During the litigation, discovery and procedural failures occurred while I was representing myself. Those failures resulted in court orders and sanctions, including requests for admission being deemed admitted. My Answer was ultimately struck through terminating sanctions, and the action proceeded against me by default.
Accordingly, the judgment was not entered following a contested trial in which I presented my defense and the parties’ competing evidence concerning the underlying fraud allegations was adjudicated after a merits trial.
I dispute the underlying fraud allegations.
That is my position. It is not a representation that the Superior Court found the allegations false. The court did not make such a determination following a contested trial. This website likewise does not claim that I prevailed in the action, that the judgment does not exist, or that the judgment has been reversed or otherwise eliminated.
In 2026, I sought postjudgment relief from the Superior Court. My filings acknowledged earlier procedural mistakes rather than denying that they occurred. I submitted declarations, a proposed Answer, supporting documents, and other materials in an effort to demonstrate that my conduct reflected defective attempts to participate in the litigation rather than an intentional abandonment of it.
On August 6, 2026, the Honorable Bradley S. Phillips denied my request to set aside or vacate the judgment and adopted the court’s tentative ruling as its final ruling. I am pursuing appellate review of that postjudgment order. Any appellate proceeding and its outcome will be reported here according to the official record and its actual procedural status.
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