Haynes v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al

Filing 242

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION for 237 Report and Recommendation. Report and Recommendation 237 is hereby ADOPTED in its entirety. Plaintiffs Motion for Class Certification 103 is DENIED. Signed by District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III on 11/29/2017. (slo, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
BRAYLON HAYNES, individually & on
behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., and
WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE,
Defendants.

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No. 2:08-CV-00183-RWS-RSP

ORDER ADOPTING
The above-entitled and numbered civil action was referred to United States Magistrate
Judge Roy S. Payne pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. Now before the Court is the Report (Docket No.
237) by Magistrate Judge Payne, which recommends that Plaintiff Braylon Haynes’s Motion for
Class Certification (Docket No. 103) be denied. Haynes did not file objections to the Report
within the time allowed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2).
Having considered the Report and Recommendation, the Court concludes Judge Payne’s
findings of facts and conclusions of law are correct. The Court agrees with Judge Payne that
the low likelihood of the proposed class members facing further harm from Wells Fargo's
actions and the individualized fact-specific determinations the Court would need to make to
award any monetary relief to the class members preclude certification of the proposed
injunctive class and FDCPA sub-class under Rule 23(b)(2) and (3).
Finding no plain error in the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge, IT IS
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 237) is hereby ADOPTED in
its entirety. Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification (Docket No. 103) is DENIED.

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 29th day of November, 2017.

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ROBERT W. SCHROEDER III
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE