Pantoja v. BAC Home Servicing, LP et al

Filing 26

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Show Cause Response due by 12/21/2011.. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 12/7/11. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/8/2011)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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OAKLAND DIVISION

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6 DEMETRIO PANTOJA,

Plaintiff,

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Case No: C 11-2946 SBA
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

vs.

9 BAC HOME SERVICING, LP FKA

COUNTRY WIDE HOME LOANS
10 SERVICING LP, organized and existing

under the laws of New York,
11 RECONSTRUST COMPANY, N.A., is

organized and exists under the law of the State
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Defendants.

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Plaintiff filed the instant pro se action in this Court on June 15, 2011, seeking to

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challenge the anticipated foreclosure of his home located at 1857 Letterkenny Drive,

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Lincoln, California. Compl. ¶ 24. As Defendants, Plaintiff has named BAC Home Loans

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Servicing LP and Recontrust Company, N.A. Plaintiff alleges that the Court has

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jurisdiction based on the diversity of the parties. Id. ¶ 1.

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The federal venue statute provides:
A civil action wherein jurisdiction is founded only on diversity
of citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, be
brought only in (1) a judicial district where any defendant
resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (2) a judicial
district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions
giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of
property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a
judicial district in which any defendant is subject to personal
jurisdiction at the time the action is commenced, if there is no
district in which the action may otherwise be brought.

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28 U.S.C. § 1391(a). Here, Plaintiff alleges that instant action arises from a dispute
concerning his property, which is located in Lincoln, California. Lincoln is located in

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Placer County, which lies in the Eastern District of California. E.D. Civ. L.R. 120. In

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addition, there appears to be no nexus between the parties and this District. As such, it

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appears that venue is proper in the Eastern District of California, not the Northern District

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of California. Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the parties shall show cause why the instant

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action should not be transferred to the Eastern District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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§ 1404(a) or § 1406(a). The parties shall submit a written response to this Order, not to

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exceed five pages, by no later than December 21, 2011. If no response to this Order is

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received by the deadline, the Court will presume that venue is improper and/or

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inconvenient in this District, and that the parties have no objection to the transfer of venue

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to the Eastern District of California. The hearing on Defendants’ pending motions

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scheduled for December 13, 2011 is VACATED pending further order of the Court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 7, 2011

_______________________________
SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG
United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PANTOJA et al,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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BAC HOME SERVICING, LP et al,
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Defendant.
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Case Number: CV11-02946 SBA
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District
Court, Northern District of California.

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That on December 8, 2011, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said
copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing
said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle
located in the Clerk's office.

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Demetrio P. Pantoja
1857 Letterkenny Drive
Lincoln, CA 95648

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Dated: December 8, 2011
Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

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By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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