Green v. Eagle Bank et al
Filing
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ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS - granting 10 Motion to Dismiss; granting 33 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim; granting 35 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim; adopting Findings and Recommendations re 58 Findings and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Donald W. Molloy on 12/3/2013. (APP, )
FILED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
MISSOULA DIVISION
CHARLOTTE GREEN,
DEC 0 3 2013
Clerk. u.s. Distrid Court
District Of Montana
Missoula
CV 13-159-M-DWM-JCL
Plaintiff,
ORDER
vs.
EAGLE BANK; FANNIE MAE AS
TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED TRUST
FANNIE MAE GUARANTEED REMIC
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
FANNIE MAE REMIC TRUST 2010-3;
UNKNOWN SPONSOR; UNKNOWN
DEPOSITOR; SUNTRUST
MORTGAGE, INC.; MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEM, a.k.a. "MERS"; and DOES I
through 100,
Defendants.
Plaintiff Charlotte Green, appearing pro se, commenced this action alleging
Defendants violated both federal and state law in relation to the execution of a real
estate loan and deed of trust pertaining to her residence at 402 3rd Ave. E., Polson,
Montana ("the Residence"). She also challenges Defendants' conduct in
proceeding with a April 2013 foreclosure sale of the Residence. The matter is
before the Court on the following motions filed by various defendants: (I)
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Defendant Suntrust Mortgage, Inc's ("Suntrust") motion to dismiss; (2) Defendant
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. 's ("MERS") renewed motion to
dismiss; and (3) Defendant Fannie Mae as Trustee for Securitized Trust Fannie
Mae Guaranteed REMIC Pass-through Certificates Fannie Mae REMIC Trust
2010-3's ("Fannie Mae") renewed motion to dismiss. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah
Lynch entered Findings and Recommendations on November 7,2013, granting
Suntrust's motion for judicial notice and recommending that Defendants' motions
to dismiss be granted. (Doc. 58.) Because the parties are familiar with the factual
and procedural background, it will not be restated here.
Green has not filed objections to Judge Lynch's Findings and
Recommendation. The Court reviews the findings and recommendations that are
not specifically objected to for clear error. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v.
Commodore Bus. Mach., Inc., 656 F.2d 1309,1313 (9th Cir. 1981). Clear error
exists if the Court is left with a "definite and firm conviction that a mistake has
been committed." United States v. Syrax, 235 F.3d 422,427 (9th Cir. 2000).
Defendants Suntrust, MERS, and Fannie Mae move to dismiss Green's
Second Amended Complaint on the ground that Green's allegations do not
sufficiently state a claim for relief under the 10 causes of action identified in her
pleading.
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To survive a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter,
accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Ashcroft v.
Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
"A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that
allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for
the misconduct alleged." Id. "Threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of
action, supported by mere conclusory statements," are insufficient. Id. at 663.
The Court accepts all factual allegations in the complaint as true and construes the
pleadings in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Knievel v. ESPN, 393 F.3d
1068, 1072 (9th Cir. 2005).
Green filed a unresponsive brief in response to Suntrust's motion to dismiss
and did not file a brief in response to either MERS's or Fannie Mae's motions. As
discussed by Judge Lynch, the Court construes Green's lack of response as an
admission that those motions are well taken. See L.R. 7.1(d)(1)(B). However,
Judge Lynch also addresses the merits of the Complaint in light of the motions to
dismiss. The Court finds no clear error in Judge Lynch's recommendation to grant
Defendants' motions to dismiss.
Based on the foregoing, IT IS ORDERED that the Findings and
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Recommendation (Doc. 58) is ADOPTED IN FULL. Defendants' motions to
dismiss (Docs. 10,33, and 35) are GRANTED. Green's claims against Suntrust,
Fannie Mae, and M~ are DISMISSED,
Dated this
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day of December, 2013.
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