Ishutkina et al v. CitiMortgage

Filing 18

AMENDED ORDER. Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 4/14/2017.(Ghosh, S.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
TATYANA ISHUTKINA and
NIKOLAY SYNKOV
Plaintiffs,
v.
CITIMORTGAGE
Defendant.

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CIVIL CASE NO.
3:17-cv-00031

ORDER ADOPTING RECOMMENDED RULING
Plaintiffs, Tatyana Ishutkina and Nikolay Synkov, initiated this action against Defendant,
CitiMortgage, on January 6, 2017. On that same date, Plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis, which was subsequently referred to Magistrate Judge Garfinkel. On February 2, 2017,
Magistrate Judge Garfinkel issued a Recommended Ruling granting the motion to proceed in forma
pauperis but dismissing the Complaint for failure to state a claim. See Recommended Ruling, ECF No.
15. On February 13, 2017, Ms. Ishutkina filed an objection to the Recommended Ruling. See Pl.’s
Objection, ECF No. 16.
The Complaint concerns a piece of property in Avon, Connecticut, for which Plaintiffs acquired a
mortgage that was serviced by Defendant CitiMortgage. Plaintiffs attached copies of correspondence
between themselves and CitiMortgage as exhibits to the Complaint, ask the Court to “review the
materials” that they have provided. See Compl., ECF No. 1, p. 2, and Exhibits, ECF No. 1-2. The
Complaint requests that the Court allow the Plaintiffs additional time in which to “prepare an answer” to
CitiMortgage. Compl., 2. In the alternative, Plaintiffs ask the Court to consider the Fermata Arts
Foundation, a 501(c) (3) organization they created, and “discharge the outstanding balance on the
property and give it into possession of [the] Foundation.” Id. at 4. On January 9, 2017, Plaintiffs moved
to participate in electronic filing. See Motions, ECF Nos. 8-9. On January 23, 2017, Plaintiffs moved to
add Fannie Mae as Defendant. See Motion, ECF No. 10. On January 23, Plaintiffs moved for leave to
file additional information concerning the Fermata Arts Foundation with the Court. See Motion, ECF
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Nos. 12-13. In this motion, Plaintiffs also requested that the Court “activate a process of financing of the
Fermata Arts Foundation through Fannie Mae institutions and to remove the effects of Fannie Mae-Putin
threats.” See id. at 2.
The Court hereby adopts the Recommended Ruling. As the Recommended Ruling correctly
notes, Plaintiffs do not “allege any wrongdoing or unlawfulness on the part of CitiMortgage,” nor do they
“extrapolate on any action on CitiMortgage’s part that would give Plaintiffs a claim for relief in federal
court.” Recommended Ruling, 2-3. Plaintiffs also do not make specific allegations concerning Fannie
Mae. See Motion to Add Defendant. In their objection to the Recommended Ruling, Plaintiffs argue that
Judge Garfinkel has “not acknowledged” or “considered” many attributes of the Fermata Arts Foundation,
including the organization’s “communication with the offices of Senators and Congressmen.” Pl.’s
Objection, 1-2. The objection, however, sheds no new light on Plaintiffs’s claims, nor does it provide the
Court with any factual basis to support any recognized legal claim. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662,
677-678 (2009) (“Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2), a pleading must contain a short and
plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.”) (internal marks and citations
omitted). Accordingly, the Complaint is appropriately dismissed.
The Recommended Ruling is ADOPTED, and the Complaint is DISMISSED for failure to state a
claim. Plaintiffs’s pending motions to participate in electronic filing, to file correspondence to the Court,
and to add a new Defendant are DENIED as moot. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment
for Defendant and close this case.
SO ORDERED at Bridgeport, Connecticut, this 14th day of April, 2017.

/s/ Victor A. Bolden
VICTOR A. BOLDEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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