Can a motion denying a motion to vacate a judgment be appealed?

"It is established that an order denying a motion to vacate a judgment is deemed appealable only to the extent it raises new issues unavailable on appeal from the judgment. This restriction is imposed to prevent both circumvention of time limits for appealing and duplicative appeals from essentially the same ruling." (Malatka v. Helm (2010) 188 Cal.App.4th 1074, 1082.) "'The denial of a motion to vacate a prior judgment or order is an order after final judgment that affects the judgment and therefore can be appealable under certain special circumstances. [Citation.] However, these circumstances are rare; most of the orders are nonappealable for compelling reasons: [] (1) If the prior judgment or order was appealable, and the grounds on which vacation is

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