Nader Ghattas v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.

Filing 8

ORDER Referring Case to ADR Unit for Assessment Telephone Conference by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte. (shyS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/13/2016)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 NADER GHATTAS, Plaintiff, 8 9 10 v. SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC., ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE CONFERENCE Defendant. 11 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No. 16-cv-02994-EDL 12 13 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 2-3, the court refers this 14 foreclosure-related action to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Unit for a telephone 15 conference to assess this case's suitability for mediation or a settlement conference. Plaintiff and 16 defendants' counsel shall participate in a telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit 17 as soon as possible but no later than July 13, 2016. 18 Plaintiff and defendant's counsel shall be prepared to discuss the following subjects: 19 1. Identification and description of claims and alleged defects in loan documents. 20 2. Prospects for loan modification. 21 3. Prospects for settlement. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The parties need not submit written materials to the ADR Unit for the telephone conference. In preparation for the telephone conference, plaintiff shall do the following: 1. Review relevant loan documents and investigate the claims to determine whether they have merit. 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 1 information and documents customarily needed to support a loan modification 2 request. Further, plaintiff shall immediately notify defendants' counsel of the 3 request for a loan modification. 4 3. Provide counsel for defendants with information necessary to evaluate the 5 prospects for loan modification, in the form of a financial statement, worksheet or 6 application customarily used by financial institutions. 7 8 9 4. In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for defendants shall do the following. 5. 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 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 that effect. 12 13 14 6. Arrange for a representative of each defendant with full settlement authority to participate in the telephone conference. The ADR Unit will notify the parties of the date and time that the telephone conference 15 will be held. After the telephone conference, the ADR Unit will advise the court of its 16 recommendation for further ADR proceedings. 17 18 19 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 13, 2016 ______________________________________ ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE United States Magistrate Judge 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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