Kirk v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A et al

Filing 20

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE CONFERENCE (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 1/14/2013)

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1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 No. C 12-05969 SI WILLIAM G. KIRK, ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE CONFERENCE Plaintiff, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; and DOES 1100, inclusive, Defendants. 12 / 13 14 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 2-3, the Court refers this 15 foreclosure-related action to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Unit for a telephone conference 16 to assess this case’s suitability for mediation or a settlement conference. Plaintiff and Defendants’ 17 counsel shall participate in a telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit as soon as possible 18 but no later than February 22, 2013. 19 Plaintiff and defendants’ counsel shall be prepared to discuss the following subjects: 20 21 (1) Identification and description of claims and alleged defects in loan documents. 22 (2) Prospects for loan modification. 23 (3) Prospects for settlement. 24 The parties need not submit written materials to the ADR Unit for the telephone conference. 25 In preparation for the telephone conference, plaintiff shall do the following: 26 27 28 (1) Review relevant loan documents and investigate the claims to determine whether they have merit. 1 2 3 4 5 6 (2) If plaintiff is seeking a loan modification to resolve all or some of the claims, plaintiff shall prepare a current, accurate financial statement and gather all of the information and documents customarily needed to support a loan modification request. Further, plaintiff shall immediately notify defendants’ counsel of the request for a loan modification. (3) Provide counsel for defendants with information necessary to evaluate the prospects for loan modification, in the form of a financial statement, worksheet or application customarily used by financial institutions. In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for defendants shall do the following: 7 8 (1) If defendants are unable or unwilling to do a loan modification after receiving notice of plaintiff’s request, counsel for defendants shall promptly notify plaintiff to that effect. 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 (2) Arrange for a representative of each defendant with full settlement authority to participate in the telephone conference. 11 The ADR Unit will notify the parties of the date and time the telephone conference will be held. 12 After the telephone conference, the ADR Unit will advise the Court of its recommendation for further 13 ADR proceedings. 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 17 Dated: January 14, 2013 SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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