Postlewaite et al v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al

Filing 19

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE CONFERENCE. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 10/17/12. (nah, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/17/2012)

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 6 MARILYN POSTLEWAITE et al., 7 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 Plaintiffs, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. et al., Case No. 12-CV-04465 YGR ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE CONFERENCE Defendants. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 2-3, the Court refers this foreclosure-related action to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) Unit for a telephone conference to assess this case’s suitability for mediation or a settlement conference. Plaintiffs and 14 Defendants’ counsel shall participate in a telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit 15 as soon as possible but no later than November 16, 2012. 16 17 Plaintiffs and Defendants’ counsel shall be prepared to discuss the following subjects: (1) 18 Identification and description of claims and alleged defects in loan documents. 19 (2) Prospects for loan modification. 20 (3) Prospects for settlement. 21 The parties need not submit written materials to the ADR Unit for the telephone conference. 22 In preparation for the telephone conference, Plaintiffs shall do the following: 23 (1) whether they have merit. 24 25 26 27 28 Review relevant loan documents and investigate the claims to determine (2) If Plaintiffs are seeking a loan modification to resolve all or some of the claims, Plaintiffs shall prepare a current, accurate financial statement and gather all of the information and documents customarily needed to support a 1 loan modification request. Further, Plaintiffs shall immediately notify 2 Defendants’ counsel of the request for a loan modification. 3 (3) Provide counsel for Defendants with information necessary to evaluate the 4 prospects for loan modification, in the form of a financial statement, 5 worksheet or application customarily used by financial institutions. 6 7 In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for Defendants shall do the following. (1) If Defendants are unable or unwilling to do a loan modification after receiving notice of Plaintiffs’ request, counsel for Defendants shall promptly 8 notify Plaintiffs to that effect. 9 (2) United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 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 the telephone conference will be held. After the telephone conference, the ADR Unit will advise the Court of its recommendation for further ADR proceedings. IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 16 Dated: October 16, 2012 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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