Barton et al v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA et al

Filing 33

ORDER granting Chase's 27 Motion for Entry of Separate Judgment. The Clerk of Court shall enter final judgment against Plaintiffs and for Defendant JPMorgan Chase, Bank, N.A. Moreover, the Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to show cause within two wee ks of the date of this Order why this matter should not be dismissed as to all defendants, including Triangle, for the same reasons outlined in this Court's Order on May 11, 2018. Dkt. # 26 . Signed by Judge Richard A. Jones. (TH) (cc: Plaintiff via USPS)

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1 THE HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 JEAN MARIE BARTON, BYRON LEE BARTON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., QUALITY ) LOAN SERVICE CORP. OF WASHINGTON ) AND TRIANGLE PROPERTY OF ) WASHINGTON, ) ) Defendants. ) ) No. 2:17-cv-01100 RAJ ORDER 18 19 20 21 22 On May 11, 2018, this Court granted Defendant JPMorgan Chase, Bank, N.A.’s (“Chase”) Motion to Dismiss on res judicata grounds. Dkt. # 26. On July 12, 2018, Chase filed a Motion for Entry of Separate Judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 and 58. Dkt. # 27. 23 24 25 26 27 ORDER – 1 1 The Court has considered all of the filings subsequent to Chase’s motion, and 2 finds that no other party has filed an opposition to this motion. 1 The Court construes 3 this lack of opposition to the present Motion for Entry of Separate Judgment as “an 4 admission that the Motion has merit. Local Civil Rule 7(b)(2). Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permits a district court to 5 6 enter final judgment on “fewer than all the claims or the rights and liabilities of fewer 7 than all the parties” where there is “no just reason for delay.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b). 8 This Court’s May 11, 2018 Order, which dismissed Plaintiffs’ claims on res judicata 9 grounds (at least as to Chase), is the proper subject for entry of a final judgment. Dkt. 10 # 26. There is no just reason for delay of entry of a final judgment on this Order. 11 Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that Chase’s Motion is GRANTED. Dkt. # 27. 12 The Clerk of Court shall enter final judgment against Plaintiffs and for Defendant 13 JPMorgan Chase, Bank, N.A. Moreover, the Court recognizes that although Quality joined Chase’s Motion to 14 15 Dismiss, Defendant Triangle Property of Washington (“Triangle”) has not. Dkt. ## 16 12, 13. Quality also has not filed for separate judgment. Nevertheless, the trial court 17 may sua sponte dismiss claims for failure to state a claim without notice or an 18 opportunity to respond where “the plaintiffs cannot possibly win relief.” Sparling v. 19 Hoffman Const. Co., 864 F.2d 635, 638 (9th Cir. 1988); Edwards v. Caliber Home 20 Loans, No. C16-1466-JCC, 2017 WL 2713689, at *3 (W.D. Wash. June 7, 2017), aff'd 21 sub nom. Edwards v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc., 708 Fed.Appx. 438 (9th Cir. 2018) 22 (dismissing claims against the defendant trustee in a wrongful foreclosure action 23 despite defendant trustee’s failure to join in the other defendants' motion to dismiss). 24 25 26 27 1 The Court observes that’s Plaintiffs’ “Correspondence,” filed at Dkt. # 29, does not purport to oppose Chase’s motion. Rather, it appears to reargue, through attached e-mails, Chase’s already-decided Motion to Dismiss and attempt to improperly shoehorn in a “Cross Counterclaim of Jean and Byron Barton Plaintiffs’ Cross Claim for Summary Judgment Dismissal for Constitutional Article III.” This is not a proper motion filing under this Court’s Local Rules, does not address this Court’s dismissal Order, and was filed two days after the July 23, 2018 response deadline. The Court declines to consider this filing as an “Opposition” to Chase’s Motion. ORDER – 2 1 Accordingly the Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to show cause within two weeks of 2 the date of this Order why this matter should not be dismissed as to all defendants, 3 including Triangle, for the same reasons outlined in this Court’s Order on May 11, 4 2018. Dkt. # 26. If Plaintiffs do not show cause or make any filing by this deadline, 5 the Court will dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims and enter judgment against Plaintiffs as to all 6 Defendants. 7 8 DATED this 14th day of August, 2018 9 10 12 A 13 The Honorable Richard A. Jones United States District Judge 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ORDER – 3

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