Opinion ID: 4398651
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Heading: Smith II

Text: Meanwhile, in 2015, Plaintiffs filed a separate civil action challenging the foreclosure proceedings on their home (“Smith II”). Briefly stated, Plaintiffs 4 Case: 18-10736 Date Filed: 05/20/2019 Page: 5 of 11 challenged the validity of the assignment of the security deed on their property. The district court dismissed, with prejudice, Plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to comply with a court order. We remanded on appeal. See Smith v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 679 F. App’x 876 (11th Cir. 2017) (unpublished). In August 2017, Plaintiffs -- having received no ruling from the bankruptcy court on their July 2017 motion to stay in Smith I -- sought from the district court in Smith II a stay of HSBC’s writ of possession. The district court denied the motion on 9 August 2017. On 1 September 2017, the district court dismissed Plaintiffs’ amended complaint in Smith II. In pertinent part, the district court concluded that Plaintiffs’ “fraud on the court” claim was barred by res judicata.2 Plaintiffs appeal both the district court’s dismissal of their amended complaint and the district court’s 9 August 2017 denial of Plaintiffs’ motion to stay (docketed as Appeal No. 1810736).