Agha-Khan v. Wells Fargo Bank NA A US Bank et al

Filing 44

ORDER. IT IS ORDERED that 39 the Motion to Extend Time is GRANTED and Defendants Ocwen Financial Corp., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and Merscorp Holdings, Inc. shall have up to and including 4/1/17, to file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff's pro per complaint. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 2/28/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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WRIGHT, FINLAY & ZAK, LLP
Dana Jonathon Nitz, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 0050
YanXiong Li, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12807
7785 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200
Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
[phone]; Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP., MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC., MERSCORP HOLDINGS INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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SALMA AGHA-KHAN, MD., an individual,

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Case No.: 2:16-cv-02928-APG-PAL

Plaintiff,
vs.

RENEWED MOTION TO EXTEND
TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, A US Bank;
WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL NATIONAL
BANK, A National Banking Association;
WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, a
Wells Fargo Bank, NA subsidiary;
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a
Delaware agency/corporation, form unknown;
MERSCORP HOLDINGS INC., holding/parent
company of MERS Inc.; TBI MORTGAGE
COMPANY, a mortgage company; GMAC
MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC
MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a financial
lending business; OCWEN FINANCIAL
CORPORATION, a financial concern, form
unknown; MARIN CONVEYANCING CORP
AKA MARIN CONVEYANCING
CORPORATION, a lending corporation form
unknown; EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE
SERVICES, LLC, a defunct Delaware company
form unknown; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE
COMPANY, a title agency form unknown;
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE
COMPANY, a title insurance company form
unknown; ROUTH CRABTREE OLSEN PS, a
law firm in California; EDWARD T. WEBER,
an individual and attorney at Routh Crabtree
Olsen PS; BRET P. RYAN, an individual and
attorney at Rough Crabtree Olsen PS;
JOHNATHAN J. DAMEN, an Individual and
attorney at Routh Crabtree Olden PS; JEFF
ROMIS AKA JEFFREY L. ROMIG, an
individual; PATRICIA J. KRAUSE, an

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individual; GREENPOINT MORTGAGE
FUNDING, INC., a mortgage company form
unknown; SERVICELINK AKA
SERVICELINK, LLC a business organization
form unknown; LSI TITLE AGENCY INC., a
title agency form unknown; CHICAGO TITLE
COMPANY, a title company form unknown;
FIDELITY NATIONAL DEFAULT
SOLUTIONS, INC., a company form
unknown; NATIONWIDE TITLE CLEARING,
a title company form unknown; AMANDA
ROSE JONES, an individual and Assistant
Secretary for MERS Inc., KRISTOPHER
JAMES SANDBERG, a Wells Fargo employee;
and DOES 1 THROUGH 1000, INCLUSIVE,
Defendants.

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b), Defendants, OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP.,

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MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., MERSCORP HOLDINGS INC.
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hereby request an order granting additional time, up to and including April 1, 2017, to file a responsive

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pleading to Plaintiff’s pro per Complaint. Defendants have retained new counsel for joint defense of this

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action, and are diligently working to complete the transition process. This is Defendants’ second request

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for an extension of this deadline and is not presented for any dilatory or prejudicial purpose.

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This Motion is based upon the attached points and authorities, the Declaration of Michael Hogue,

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Esq., the pleadings and papers on file herein and any argument of counsel that may be considered at the

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hearing on this Motion by the Court.

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DATED this 28th day of February, 2017.
WRIGHT, FINLAY & ZAK, LLP
/s/ YanXiong Li, Esq.___________
Dana Jonathon Nitz, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 0050
YanXiong Li, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12807
7785 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 200
Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
Attorneys for OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP.,
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,
MERSCORP HOLDINGS INC.

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POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

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Plaintiff commenced this lawsuit on December 16, 2016, by filing his pro per Complaint (ECF

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No. 1). The Complaint spans 75 pages, asserts 16 causes of action, and includes 236 separate factual
allegations that require individual response. The Complaint identifies as defendants: Ocwen Financial

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Corp. (“Ocwen”), Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), MERSCorp Holdings Inc.

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(“Merscorp”), among the 26 separate individual and entity defendants named. This Court previously

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granted Defendants an extension to respond to the Complaint up to and including March 1, 2017.

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Defendants have since retained new counsel to further their joint defense, and are working to complete

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the transition process. By this Motion, Defendants jointly request an extension of time to respond up to

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and including April 1, 2017. This request is being made pursuant to F.R.C.P. 6(b)(1)(A) as the time
period to respond to the Complaint has not yet passed for any of the Defendants.

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Good cause exists to extend the time to respond to the pro per Complaint because of the transition
of defense to new counsel. The requested time is needed for new counsel to investigate the facts and
analyze the applicable law in order to prepare a response. Moreover, multiple defendants will need to

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review and approve the substitution of attorney and response to Complaint before it can be filed.

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Defendants submit that the additional time requested is reasonable and not intended to cause undue delay

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or prejudice.

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CONCLUSION

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For these reasons, Defendants respectfully request an extension of the time to respond to
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Plaintiff’s Complaint until April 1, 2017.

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DATED this 28th day of February, 2017.
WRIGHT, FINLAY & ZAK, LLP

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__/s/ YanXiong Li, Esq.
__________
Dana Jonathon Nitz, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 0050
YanXiong Li, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12807
7785 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 200
Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
Attorneys for OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP.,
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS, INC., MERSCORP HOLDINGS INC.

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IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Extend Time (ECF No. 39) is GRANTED and
Defendants Ocwen Financial Corp., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and
Merscorp Holdings, Inc. shall have up to and including April 1, 2017, to file a responsive
pleading to Plaintiff's pro per complaint.

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Dated: February 28, 2017
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Peggy A. Leen
United States Magistrate Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that I am an employee of WRIGHT, FINLAY & ZAK, LLP and that I

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electronically served the foregoing RENEWED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO

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COMPLAINT was made on the 28th day of February, 2017, to all parties and counsel as identified on

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the Court-generated Notice of Electronic Filing and/or by depositing a true and correct copy of the same

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in the U.S. Mail addressed as follows:

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Salma Agha-Khan, M.D.
3751 Motor Ave., #34272
Las Angeles, CA 90034

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_/s/ Kelli Nikole Wightman____________________
An Employee of WRIGHT, FINLAY & ZAK, LLP

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