Joseph Schafer v. Citibank, N.A.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--granting Motion to file amicus curiae brief [998468841-2]; denying Motion to certify question to state court [998468836-2] Originating case number: 1:10-cv-00010-GBL-TCB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998688032].. [10-2043]

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Date Filed: 09/28/2011

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-2043

JOSEPH SCHAFER; MAUREEN SCHAFER,
Plaintiffs – Appellants,
v.
CITIBANK, N.A., as trustee for Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust
2006-5; BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST 2006-5, A New York common
law trust; JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., f/k/a EMC Mortgage
Corporation, as successor in interest to EMC Mortgage, LLC;
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, a
Delaware Corporation; COMMONWEALTH TRUSTEES, LLC,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Virginia Corporation;
DAVID A. NEAL, a Virginia Resident, Original Trustee,
Defendants.
-------------------------------------VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER; NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER;
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
OF
CONSUMER
ADVOCATES;
HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL; VIRGINIA INTERFAITH CENTER FOR
PUBLIC POLICY,
Amici Supporting Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (1:10-cv-00010-GBL-TCB)

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Submitted:

Date Filed: 09/28/2011

September 19, 2011

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Decided:

September 28, 2011

Before WILKINSON, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christopher E. Brown, R. Michael Smith, BROWN, BROWN & BROWN,
P.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants.
Eric N. Heyer,
THOMPSON & HINE LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mark D. Meyer, ROSENBERG
& ASSOCIATES, LLC, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellees. Thomas D.
Domonoske, LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER, Harrisonburg, Virginia;
Brenda Castaneda, LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER, Charlottesville,
Virginia, for Amici Supporting Appellants.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Joseph and Maureen Schafer appeal the district court’s
order granting Defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motions to
dismiss Plaintiffs’ state law claims for declaratory judgment,
breach of fiduciary duty, and quiet title, as well as their
claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.A.
§§ 1692-1692p (West 2009 & Supp. 2011).

Potential amici curiae

have filed a motion to file an amici curiae brief, along with an
amici curiae brief, and a motion to certify a question to the
Supreme Court of Virginia.
no reversible error.

We have reviewed the record and find

Accordingly, although we grant the motion

to file the amici curiae brief, we deny the motion to certify a
question

to

the

district

court’s

Supreme
order.

1:10-cv-00010-GBL-TCB

Court
See

(E.D.

of

Virginia

Schafer
Va.

Aug.

v.

and

Citibank,

3,

2010);

affirm

the

N.A.,

No.

see

also

Horvath v. Bank of N.Y., N.A., 641 F.3d 617 (4th Cir. 2011).
dispense

with

oral

argument

because

the

facts

and

We

legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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