In re: Comm Bank N VA

Filing 920101020

Opinion

PRECEDENTIAL U N IT E D STATES COURT OF APPEALS F O R THE THIRD CIRCUIT

Nos. 08-3621, 08-3790, 08-3791 & 08-3857

IN RE: COMMUNITY BANK OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND GUARANTY NATIONAL BANK OF TALLAHASSEE SECOND MORTGAGE LOAN LITIGATION (MDL 1674) Objecting Class Members, Appellants (08-3621) (Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 12(a)) Alabama and Georgia Objecting Class Members, Appellants (08-3790) (Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 12(a))
R ic h a rd H. Heady, Jr., Robert Rowley, Arline Rowley, G a le n Hurt, Darrell Turner, Michael Rich, Edna Rich, P a trick Franklin, Michael Graham, Tracy Graham, Eric L e w is, Barbara Lewis, David Davidson, Michael

Moore, Karla Moore, Anthony Dixon and Kathy Dixon. Appellants (08-3791) (Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 12(a)) Troy Elliott, Lorraine Oswald and Ruth D. Mathis-Wisseh, Appellants (08-3857) (Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 12(a))

No. 09-2001

JOHN DRENNEN; ROWENA DRENNEN; DAVID GARNER; DIANE GARNER; SHAWN STARKEY; LORENE STARKEY,

Appellants v. PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; GMAC-RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, a Minnesota Corporation; HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL NETWORK INC., a Delaware Corporation

Appeal from the United States District Court f o r the Western District of Pennsylvania (D .C . Civil Action Nos. 2-03-cv-00425/01201/00688/2-05-cv-01386) D is tric t Judge: Honorable Gary L. Lancaster

Argued April 20, 2010 B e f o re : SCIRICA * , Chief Judge, AMBRO, Circuit Judge and JONES * * , District Judge (O p in io n filed September 22, 2010) O R D E R AMENDING PRECEDENTIAL OPINION A M B R O , Circuit Judge IT IS NOW ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case filed September 2 2 , 2010, be amended as follows: O n page 9, line 5, insert the following sentence after the period following "se ttlem en t ": "(This shorthand, however, does not include the objecting class members fro m North Carolina, whose arguments we address separately in Part III.A.5 below.)" O n page 16, second full paragraph, line 3, insert a semicolon after the word " a ctio n " a n d before the superscript footnote 6.

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Judge Scirica completed his term as Chief Judge on May 4, 2010.

The Honorable John E. Jones, III, United States District Judge for the Middle District o f Pennsylvania, sitting by designation. 2

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O n page 54, replace the first word ("reduces"), with "comes", so that the phrase re a d s: "comes to the conclusion". O n page 83, last line, insert the following phrase within the parentheses, and after th e name "Wisseh": ", collectively referred to as the "North Carolina Objectors". O n page 86, footnote 30, line six, insert the words "before us" after the phrase "in th e current appeal". O n page 95, last line, insert a new footnote 34 at the end of the sentence (after " d e cis io n s ." ) that reads: "The North Carolina Objectors, discussed supra in Part III.A.5, d id not join in the motion for reassignment." All subsequent footnotes will be renumbered sequentially, so that on page 97, f o o tn o te 34 becomes 35; on page 98 footnote 35 becomes 36, and on page 99 footnote 36 b e c o m e s 37. O n page 100, within the conclusionary paragraph, line 8, insert the following p h ra se after the semicolon: "(2) whether a subclass of class members from North Carolina s h o u ld be created;" and change the subsequent "(2)" to "(3)". B y the Court,

/s / Thomas L. Ambro, Circuit Judge D a te d : O c to b e r 20, 2010

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