Travis v. Amerihome Mortgage Company LLC, No. 1:2023cv01267 - Document 15 (E.D. Cal. 2024)

Court Description: ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS signed by District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff on 7/05/2024. (Gonzales, V)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ERIC TRAVIS, Plaintiff, 12 13 No. 1:23-cv-01267-KES-SAB ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. (Doc Nos. 3, 11) 14 AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY LLC, 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 On August 23, 2023, defendant Amerihome Mortgage Company, LLC removed this 19 action to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1441, and 1446. (Doc. 1.) On August 30, 20 2023, defendant filed a motion to dismiss this action. (Doc. 3.) On August 31, 2023, the 21 pending motion to dismiss was referred to the assigned United States magistrate judge for the 22 preparation of findings and recommendations and/or other appropriate action. (Doc. 5.) 23 On November 22, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and 24 recommendations, recommending that defendant’s motion to dismiss be granted in part and 25 denied in part, with leave to amend certain claims. (Doc. 11.) The magistrate judge 26 recommended that: (1) defendant’s request for judicial notice be granted; (2) defendant’s motion 27 to dismiss plaintiff’s first, second, and fourth causes of action be granted without leave to amend; 28 (3) defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s third cause of action be denied; (4) defendant’s 1 1 motion to dismiss plaintiff’s fifth and seventh causes of action be granted with leave to amend; 2 and (5) defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sixth cause of action be granted in part and 3 denied in part. (Id. at 25–26.) As to the sixth cause of action, the magistrate judge 4 recommended that (a) defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sixth cause of action for UCL 5 violations predicated on California Civil Code sections 2923.5, 2924(a)(1), and 2934a(a)(1) be 6 granted without leave to amend, and (b) defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sixth cause of 7 action for UCL violations predicated on California Civil Code section 2924.9 and 15 U.S.C. 8 § 1641(g) be granted with leave to amend. (Id. at 26.) The findings and recommendations 9 contained notice that any objections were to be filed within fourteen days after service. (Id. at 10 27.) That deadline has passed, and no party has filed objections. 11 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), the court has conducted a de 12 novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the court concludes that the 13 findings and recommendations are supported by the record and proper analysis. 14 Accordingly, 15 1. The findings and recommendations issued on November 22, 2023, (Doc. 11), are ADOPTED in full; 16 17 2. Defendant’s request for judicial notice, (Doc. 4), is GRANTED; 18 3. Defendant’s motion to dismiss, (Doc. 3), is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED 19 20 21 IN PART, as follows: a. Defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s first, second, and fourth causes of action is GRANTED without leave to amend; 22 b. Defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s third cause of action is DENIED; 23 c. Defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s fifth and seventh causes of 24 25 action is GRANTED with leave to amend; and d. Defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sixth cause of action is 26 (i) GRANTED without leave to amend as to violations predicated on 27 California Civil Code sections 2923.5, 2924(a)(1), and 2934a(a)(1), and 28 (ii) GRANTED with leave to amend as to violations predicated on 2 California Civil Code section 2924.9 and 15 U.S.C. § 1641(g). 1 2 4. Plaintiff shall file any amended complaint within twenty-one (21) days of entry of this order. 3 4 5 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 Dated: July 5, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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