Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation v. Gallardo

Filing 8

SCHEDULING ORDER, signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 6/15/2011. (Motion to Remand Filing Deadline: 6/17/2011, Motion to Remand Hearing set for 7/18/2011 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 3 (OWW) before Judge Oliver W. Wanger.) (Gaumnitz, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 10 Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 JULIAN GALLARDO, 13 Defendant. 14 1:10-cv-2337 OWW DLB SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER Motion to Remand Filing Deadline: 6/17/11 Motion to Remand Hearing Date: 7/18/11 10:00 Ctrm. 3 15 16 17 I. 18 19 June 15, 2011. II. 20 21 Date of Scheduling Conference. Appearances Of Counsel. Pite Duncan, LLP by Jason W. Short, Esq., appeared on behalf of Plaintiff. 22 Defendant has not participated in any joint Scheduling 23 Conference statement efforts. Defendant Julian Gallardo 24 stipulated to judgment in a prior State Court unlawful detainer 25 proceeding in this case. 26 this Court and Mr. Gallardo has not responded or otherwise 27 communicated with Plaintiff’s counsel. 28 /// The case was subsequently removed to 1 1 III. 2 Summary of Pleadings. 1. Plaintiff purchased the real property located at 2409 3 Park Brae Way, Modesto, CA 95358 (hereinafter the “Subject 4 Property”) at trustee’s sale on June 8, 2010. 5 was duly perfected by the recording of the Trustee’s Deed Upon 6 Sale. 7 15, 2010. 8 and Plaintiff filed the instant action for unlawful detainer on 9 or about August 10, 2010. Plaintiff’s title Defendant was served with Written Notice to Vacate on July Defendant failed to comply with the Notice to Vacate At trial on November 15, 2010, the 10 parties stipulated to Judgment whereby Defendant admitted that 11 Plaintiff was entitled to possession, but Plaintiff would not 12 seek to enforce the Writ of Possession Prior to December 5, 2010. 13 2. Defendant failed to vacate the Subject Property by 14 December 5, 2010. 15 of the unlawful detainer case to Federal Court on December 15, 16 2010 and filed a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Petition on December 17, 17 2010 in the Eastern District of California, designated as case 18 number 10-94880. 19 the Automatic Stay on February 25, 2011. 20 Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department executed Plaintiff’s Writ 21 of Possession and placed Plaintiff in peaceful possession of the 22 Subject Property. 23 3. Instead, Defendant filed a Notice of Removal Plaintiff sought, and was granted, relief from On March 2, 2011, the Plaintiff contends that the removal of the instant case 24 to Federal Court was improper because removal cannot be 25 accomplished after the Court, having jurisdiction over the claims 26 to be removed, has made its findings of fact and conclusions of 27 law. 28 remove a case from a state court to a federal court after the (1 Norton Bankr. L. & Prac. 3d § 7:1). 2 Defendants may not 1 state court has entered a final judgment that terminates the 2 litigation. 3 Moreover, this case was not properly removed as neither federal 4 question nor diversity jurisdiction exists. 5 IV. 6 (14B Fed. Prac. & Proc. Juris. § 3721 (4th ed.)). Orders Re Amendments To Pleadings. 1. Plaintiff does not propose any further amendments to 7 any pleadings. 8 V. Factual Summary. 9 A. 10 Proceedings. 11 1. 12 B. 14 16 See paragraph 1 in the Summary of Pleadings section above. 13 15 Admitted Facts Which Are Deemed Proven Without Further Contested Facts. 1. VI. None. Legal Issues. A. 17 Contested. 1. Jurisdiction is disputed. Plaintiff contends 18 the Court does not have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1531 or 19 1441 because the amount in controversy does not exceed $75,000 20 and the complaint is based exclusively on Cal. Code Proc. 21 §§ 1161(a) and 1174(b). 22 2. 23 No basis for Federal jurisdiction exists and therefore venue is not proper. 24 3. Whether this case should be remanded to State 25 Court it having been finally adjudicated by a judgment entered 26 December 10, 2010. 27 VII. Consent to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. 28 1. Plaintiff has consented to transfer the case to the 3 1 Magistrate Judge for all purposes, including trial. 2 VIII. 3 1. Corporate Identification Statement. Any nongovernmental corporate party to any action in 4 this court shall file a statement identifying all its parent 5 corporations and listing any entity that owns 10% or more of the 6 party's equity securities. 7 its initial pleading filed in this court and shall supplement the 8 statement within a reasonable time of any change in the 9 information. 10 IX. 11 12 Discovery Plan and Cut-Off Date. 1. Plaintiff will file a motion for remand on or before June 17, 2011. 13 14 A party shall file the statement with 2. That motion shall be heard July 18, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3. 15 3. It is anticipated that this case will be resolved by 16 motion and therefore no other matters need be considered in this 17 Scheduling Order at this time. 18 X. 19 Motions - Hard Copy. 1. The parties shall submit one (1) courtesy paper copy to 20 the Court of any motions filed. Exhibits shall be marked with 21 protruding numbered or lettered tabs so that the Court can easily 22 identify such exhibits. 23 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 Dated: June 15, 2011 emm0d6 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 26 27 28 4

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