House et al v. Moller et al

Filing 41

ORDER signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 11/9/11 ORDERING that Plaintiff's Application for Temporary Restraining Order 35 is GRANTED. The November 10, 2011 hearing date for the Application for Temporary Restraining Order is VACATED. The sale currently calendared for 11/15/11, shall not be conducted, and shall be and hereby is VACATED.(Mena-Sanchez, L)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GREGORY HOUSE and JENNIFER HOUSE, No. 2:09-cv-02796-MCE-DAD 12 Plaintiffs, 13 TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER v. 14 15 PAUL SANDNER MOLLER, ROSA MARIE MOLLER, DANA FOSS and EDWARD R. FOSS, 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 ----oo0oo---- 20 21 On November 2, 2011, Plaintiffs Gregory House and Jennifer 22 House (“Plaintiffs”) filed a Application for Temporary 23 Restraining Order in this matter, after a Trustee’s Sale on Deeds 24 of Trust for the property that is the subject of this litigation 25 was scheduled for November 15, 2011. 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 1 Plaintiffs allege that if Defendants Dana and Edward Foss are 2 permitted to proceed with that foreclosure sale, Plaintiffs will 3 be precluded from obtaining specific performance on their right 4 of first refusal (as specified in their agricultural lease with 5 Defendant Paul Moller dated February 5, 2002) should the property 6 at issue be sold. 7 filed to prevent any foreclosure sale from occurring until after 8 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction(ECF No. 27), 9 presently scheduled to be heard on December 1, 2011, has been 10 The present temporary restraining order was ruled upon. 11 The Temporary Restraining Order Checklist attached to 12 Plaintiffs’ Application indicates that counsel for Defendants 13 Foss, Douglas Akay, never responded to Plaintiffs’ request that 14 he stipulate to delay the foreclosure sale until after the 15 preliminary injunction is adjudicated, thus obviating any need 16 for a temporary restraining order. 17 November 3, 2011, (ECF No. 39) this Court ordered that Defendants 18 either oppose, or file a Statement of Non-Opposition to 19 Plaintiffs’ request for temporary restraining order, not later 20 than November 7, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. 21 order, Defendants have filed nothing in response to Plaintiffs’ 22 Application. 23 opposition as consent to Plaintiffs’ temporary restraining order 24 request. 25 (ECF No. 35) is therefore GRANTED. 26 date for the Application for Temporary Restraining Order is 27 hereby vacated. 28 /// By Minute Order filed Despite that unequivocal The Court will construe the absence of any Plaintiff’s Application for Temporary Restraining Order 2 The November 10, 2011 hearing 1 Defendants Edward and Dana Foss, either in their individual 2 capacity or in their capacity or capacities as trustees on their 3 notes of deed of trust, are ordered not to conduct or prepare for 4 a Trustee’s Sale on the Deeds of Trust, until further order from 5 this Court, for the property that is the subject of the instant 6 lawsuit. 7 described in the Notice of Trustees Sale (see Exhibit 8 to the 8 Decl. of Greg House, ECF No. 29), shall not be conducted, and 9 shall be and hereby is vacated. The sale currently calendared for November 15, 2011, as This temporary restraining order 10 will remain in effect until after Plaintiffs’ Motion for 11 Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. 27) has been adjudicated 12 following the hearing on that Motion on December 1, 2011. 13 No bond will be required. 14 This Order is issued on the date below at 4:30 p.m. 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 Dated: November 9, 2011 17 18 19 _____________________________ MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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