Wong v. Bank of America Home Loans, N.A. et al

Filing 20

ORDER Granting 6 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Denying as moot 15 Plaintiff's Motion to Extend Time. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to all Defendants. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 04/01/2014. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AC)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 8 SUET F. WONG, 9 10 11 12 13 2:13-CV-1438 JCM (CWH) Plaintiff(s), v. COUNTRY WIDE BANK FS.B BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, et al., Defendant(s). 14 15 ORDER 16 Presently before the court is defendant Bank of America Home Loans’ motion to dismiss for 17 lack of proper service. (Doc. # 6). Subsequently, defendants BAC Home Loans Servicing and 18 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. joined the motion to dismiss. (Doc. # 11). Pro se 19 plaintiff Suet Wong filed a response in opposition (doc. # 9), and defendants filed a reply (doc. # 12). 20 In the instant motion, defendants claim that plaintiff has failed to carry out proper service in 21 accordance with the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(h). Thus, they argue that this 22 case should be dismissed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(5). 23 Plaintiff admits that she has not properly served defendants, but claims that defendants have 24 actively avoided being served. Plaintiff argues that defendants’ counsel should accept service or 25 provide her with a valid address at which defendants can be served. 26 The court finds that dismissal is appropriate because plaintiff has not carried out proper 27 service. Though the court grants leniency to the pleadings of pro se litigants due to the lack of legal 28 James C. Mahan U.S. District Judge 1 knowledge, the court cannot waive the requirements of due process based on someone’s lack of 2 counsel. Therefore, defendants’ motion to dismiss will be granted. 3 Accordingly, 4 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that defendants’ motion to 5 6 7 8 9 10 dismiss (doc. # 6) be, and the same hereby, is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case is hereby dismissed WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to all defendants. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time (doc. # 15) is DENIED as moot. DATED April 1, 2014. 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 James C. Mahan U.S. District Judge -2-

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