BECK et al v. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION et al

Filing 28

ORDER adopting 21 Report and Recommended Decision for 14 Motion to Dimiss Counts I, III and IV of Plaintiffs' Complaint filed by CITIMORTGAGE INC.; granting 14 Motion to Dismiss Counts I, III and IV of Plaintiffs' Complaint. By JUDGE JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR. (MFS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
ALLAN BECK, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE )
ASSOCIATION, et al.,
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Defendants.
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2:13-cv-00090-JAW

ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION
OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On March 15, 2013, Allan and Sheri Beck, acting pro se, filed a complaint
against the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), CitiMortgage,
Inc. (CMI), and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.1 (MERS). Compl.
(ECF No. 1).

On May 16, 2013, CMI moved to dismiss the Complaint.

Def.

CitiMortgage, Inc.’s Mot. to Dismiss Counts I, III and IV of the Compl. (ECF No. 14).
The Plaintiffs filed their response on June 3, 2013. Pls.’ Resp. to Def. CitiMortgage
Inc.’s Mot. to Dismiss Counts 1, 3 and 4 (ECF No. 18). On June 27, 2013, the
Magistrate Judge filed her Recommended Decision. Recommended Decision (ECF
No. 21).

Neither Fannie Mae nor MERS has entered an appearance. The Magistrate Judge denied
the Plaintiffs’ motion for entry of default against Fannie Mae and MERS, Order (ECF No. 23), and
on July 17, 2013, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause as to why the Complaint against these
two Defendants should not be dismissed for failure to effect service within 120 days of the filing of
the Complaint. Order to Show Cause (ECF No. 25). The Plaintiffs filed a response to the Order to
Show Cause on July 25, 2013. Pls.’ Rep. to Order to Show Cause (ECF No. 26). This Order does not
address that issue.
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On July 15, 2013, the Plaintiffs filed what they styled the “Plaintiffs’
Response to Defendant CitiMortgage Inc.’s Brief; Memorandum of Points and
Authorities; Concurrent Application to Enter Defendant[]s MERS and Fannie Mae
into Default”.

Pls.’ Resp. to Def. CitiMortgage Inc.’s Br. in Support of Mot. to

Dismiss; Concurrent Appl. to Enter App. Defs. MERS and Fannie Mae into Default
(ECF No. 24). On July 25, 2013, Defendant CitiMortgage replied to the Plaintiffs’
Response.

Def. CitiMortgage Inc.’s Resp. to Pls.’ Supplemental Resp. to Mot. to

Dismiss Counts I, III and IV of the Compl. (ECF No. 27). Although the Plaintiffs’
July 15, 2013 response is technically not an objection under 28 U.S.C. §
636(b)(1)(C), the Court has treated the Plaintiffs’ response as an objection.
The

Court

has

reviewed

and

considered

the

Magistrate

Judge’s

Recommended Decision, together with the entire record and has made a de novo
determination of all matters adjudicated by the Magistrate Judge’s Recommended
Decision.

The Court concurs with the recommendations of the United States

Magistrate Judge for the reasons set forth in her Recommended Decision and
determines that no further proceeding is necessary.
The Court GRANTS Defendant CitiMortgage Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss Counts
I, III and IV of Plaintiffs’ Complaint as well as any claim of fraud that might be
extrapolated from the Plaintiffs’ Complaint. (ECF No. 14). Counts I, III and IV of
Plaintiffs’ Complaint are hereby DISMISSED.

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SO ORDERED.
/s/ John A. Woodcock, Jr.
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR.
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 26th day of July, 2013

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