Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation et al v. Gustafson

Filing 7

ORDER REMANDING CASE; plaintiffs' 4 Motion to Remand and 6 Report and Recommendation are terminated as moot; clerk to remand case to Whatcom County Superior Court by Judge Richard A Jones.(RS) cc dfts

HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE
CORPORATION,

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Plaintiff,

CASE NO. C15-673RAJ
ORDER REMANDING CASE

v.
LEIF R. GUSTAFSON, et al.,

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Defendants.

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This matter comes before the court on review of its May 13, 2015 order to show

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cause. The court ordered Defendants to show cause why it should not remand this case to

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Whatcom County Superior Court because this court lack subject matter jurisdiction.

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Defendants’ response to the show cause order was due no later than May 28, 2015. They

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did not timely respond, and they have not responded since the deadline lapsed. The court

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observes that Defendants also have not responded to Plaintiff’s motion to remand (which

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Plaintiff filed after the order to show cause issued) or to the court’s instructions to

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address deficiencies in their motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

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For all of the reasons stated in the order to show cause, the court concludes that it

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lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this action. This ruling moots both Plaintiff’s

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motion for remand (Dkt. #4) and the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. # 6) of

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Magistrate Judge Brian A. Tsuchida as to Defendants’ motion to proceed in forma

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pauperis. The clerk shall TERMINATE both the motion for remand and the Report and

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Recommendation.

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ORDER – 1

The court directs the clerk to REMAND this action to Whatcom County Superior

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Court.
DATED this 10th day of June, 2015.

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The Honorable Richard A. Jones
United States District Court Judge

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ORDER – 2