Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. et al v. SFR Investments Pool I, LLC. et al

Filing 37

ORDER Granting 36 Stipulation to Extend Time to Respond to 30 Motion to Dismiss. Responses due by 6/3/2015. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 4/24/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DC)

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

9510 WEST SAHARA AVENUE, SUITE 200
LAS VEGAS, NV 89117
TELEPHONE [phone]/Facsimile [phone]

McCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP

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McCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP
Kristin A. Schuler-Hintz (NSB# 7171)
[e-mail]
Thomas N. Beckom, Esq. (NSB# 12554)
[e-mail]
9510 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89117
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff Nationstar Mortgage and Federal National Mortgage Association
FENNEMORE CRAIG P.C.
Leslie Bryan Hart, Esq. (SBN 4932)
300 E. Second St., Suite 1510
Reno, NV 89501
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
[e-mail]
ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
(Pro Hac Vice to be Submitted)
Asim Varma, Esq.
[e-mail]
Howard N. Cayne, Esq.
[e-mail]
Michael A.F. Johnson, Esq.
[e-mail]
555 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 200004
Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Federal Housing Finance Agency

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, a foreign
corporation doing business in Clark County
Nevada; FEDERAL NATIONAL
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, a government
sponsored enterprise, and FEDERAL
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, as
Conservator of Fannie Mae,
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 2:15:cv-00267-RFB-NJK
STIPULATION AND ORDER
EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, FEDERAL
NATIONAL MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION AND THE FEDERAL
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY TO
RESPOND TO SFR INVESTMENTS
POOL 1 LLC’S MOTION TO DISMISS
(First Request)

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SFR INVESTMENTS POOL I, LLC, a Nevada
Limited Liability Company; TALASERA AND
VICANTO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a
Nevada Nonprofit Corporation,
Defendants.

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COMES NATIONSTAR MORTAGE, LLC (hereinafter “Nationstar”) and FEDERAL
NATIONAL MORTAGE ASSOCIATION (“Fannie Mae”) on the one hand by and through their

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counsel of record Thomas N. Beckom, Esq of the law firm of McCarthy & Holthus LLP; the
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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY (“FHFA”) by and through their counsel of record

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

of Fennemore Craig, P.C., and SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC by and through their counsel

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9510 WEST SAHARA AVENUE, SUITE 200
LAS VEGAS, NV 89117
TELEPHONE [phone]/Facsimile [phone]

Asim Varma, Esq of the law firm of Arnold and Porter LLP and Leslie Bryan Hart of the law firm

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McCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP

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of record Jacqueline Gilbert, Esq of the law firm of Howard Kim and Associates and hereby file

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this Stipulation and Order Extending the Deadlines for Nationstar, Fannie Mae, and the FHFA to
respond to SFR’s Motion to Dismiss filed on April 17, 2015 pursuant to LR 6-1.

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RECITALS

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1. On April 17, 2015 SFR filed a Motion to Dismiss the Quiet Title Complaint filed by

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Nationstar, Fannie Mae, and the FHFA. Currently responses are due by May 4, 2015 and

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as such this stipulation has been filed timely pursuant to LR 6-1.

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2. Nationstar, Fannie Mae, and the FHFA have not previously asked for extension to respond
to this motion.

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3. Nationstar, Fannie Mae, and the FHFA respectfully request additional time to respond to
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SFR’s Motion as SFR, by way of the Motion to Dismiss, has raised new, important, and

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unique defenses to the application of certain federal statutes in the complaint.

The

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resolution of these claims will have implications district wide to the current Homeowners

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Association foreclosure issue in light of the Nevada Supreme Court’s opinion in SFR Invs.

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Pool1, LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A.334 P.3d 408 (2014).

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4. Given the importance and breadth of this issue, Nationstar, Fannie Mae, and the FHFA
respectfully request additional time to brief this matter so that these legal issues may be

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properly presented to the court.

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STIPULATION

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It is hereby STIPULATED that Nationstar, Fannie Mae, and the FHFA shall have until

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June 3, 2015 to respond to SFR’s Motion to Dismiss filed April 17, 2015.

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DATED this 23rd day of April, 2015

DATED this 22nd day of April, 2015

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HOWARD KIM & ASSOCIATES

McCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP

_/s/ Thomas N. Beckom, Esq______
Kristin A. Schuler-Hintz, Esq
Nevada Bar No. 7171
Thomas N. Beckom, Esq
Nevada Bar No. 12554
9510 West Sahara Avenue, Suite200
Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
Attorney for Nationstar Mortgage and
Federal National Mortgage Association

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_/s/ Jacqueline A. Gilbert, Esq_____
Diana S. Cline, Esq
Nevada Bar No. 10580
Jacqueline A. Gilbert, Esq
Nevada Bar No. 10593
Jesse Panoff, Esq
Nevada Bar No. 10951
1055 Whitney Ranch Drive, Suite 110
Henderson, Nevada 89014
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC

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DATED this 22nd day of April, 2015

DATED this 22nd day of April, 2015

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FENNEMORE CRAIG, P.C.

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

9510 WEST SAHARA AVENUE, SUITE 200
LAS VEGAS, NV 89117
TELEPHONE [phone]/Facsimile [phone]

McCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP

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_/s/ Leslie Bryan Hart, Esq_______
Leslie Bryan Hart, Esq
Nevada Bar No. 4932
300 E. Second Street, Suite 1510
Reno, Nevada 89501
Attorney for the Federal Housing Finance
Agency

_/s/ Asim Varma, Esq____________
Asim Varma, Esq
Howard N. Cayne, Esq
Michael A.F. Johnson, Esq
555 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
Attorney for the Federal Housing Finance
ORDER Agency

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IT IS SO ORDERED

IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED this ____ day of ______________, 2015

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__________________________
RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II
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United States District Judge
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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DATED this 24 day of April

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, 2015.
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