Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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APOLINAR, JESUS L. AREVALO, AND JURY DEMAND
13 RICHARD AUFIERO and SYLVIA T.
AUFIERO, CHRISTOPHER L BALLENGEE 1. Wrongful Foreclosure
14 and SAMANTHA P. ANDERSON, RICHARD
BEAUCHEMIN and LESLIE 2. Unjust Enrichment
15 BEAUCHEMIN, PETER M. BEEKHOFF,
JAMES V. BELL, JUSTIN BENNETT and 3. Conspiracy to Commit
16 NANCY E. BENNETT, VALERIE R. Wrongful Foreclosure by
BRANCA, RAMIRO M. BRENES and Creation, Operation, and Use
17 AURELIO APOLINAR-LOPEZ, BETTY J. of the MERS System
BURSON, KAREN L. CELONE, HARRY R.
18 COUSINS, DAVID DOUGLAS DAHL and 4. Conspiracy to Commit Fraud
KAY DAHL, CHARLES A. DIMINO and by Creation, Operation and Use
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KIMBERLY A. DIMINO, DIMITRI O. of the MERS System
20 DINTCHEV, MICHAEL T. EPPS, DARRYL
J. FEEMSTER and VIVIAN M. FEEMSTER, 5. Injunctive Relief
21 CASIMIRO JIMENEZ GRANADOS, JONI
ANN HAMMITT (aka JONI ANN KROPF), 6. Declaratory Relief
22 GARY W. HEMBREE and CHARLENE E.
HEMBREE, DAVID HUTLER, NEIL M.
23 JOHNSON, HOLLY A. KINNEY, JAMES M.
KOSCHELLA and TERESA R. KOSCHELLA,
24 MARIA R. LEONARD, JENNIFER LOPEZ
(aka JENNIFER MENDOZA), JOHN
25 V.LYNCH and RONICA LYNCH, JAMI D.
MCHENRY and STEVEN WALLACE,
BRIAN MCKAY and LAWRENCE D.
Complaint/DALTON etal v. Citi etal-1
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VAETH, LAURO C. VIZCARRA and
13 YESENIA VIZCARRA,
14 Plaintiffs,
15 vs.
16
CITIMORTGAGE, INC.
17 MERSCORP, INC., a Virginia corporation;
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a
18 subsidiary of MERSCORP, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; AIG UNITED GUARANTY
19 CORPORATION a foreign corporation,
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE
20 SERVICING, INC.
AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC dba
21 AURORA HOME LOANS or AURORA
HOME MORTGAGE or AURORA LOAN
22 SERVICES, AZTEC FORECLOSURE
CORPORATION, BANK OF AMERICA, NA
23 and BANK OF AMERICA doing business as
LASALLE BANK AS TRUSTEE FOR
24 WASHINGTON MUTUAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES WMALT
25 SERIES 2006-AR5 TRUST, CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, CAL-
WESTERN RECONVEYANCE COMPANY
CENTRAL MORTAGE COMPANY,
Complaint/DALTON etal v. Citi etal-2
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Defendants.
2
Plaintiffs PETER M. BEEKHOFF, VALERIE R. BRANCA, CASIMIRO JIMENEZ-
3
GRANADOS, GARY W. and CHARLENE E. HEMBREE, JAMI D. MCHENRY and
4
STEVEN W. WALLACE, GILBERTO J. MENDOZA AND GABRIELLE MENDOZA,
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PAMELA PENNY (aka PAMELA RUTHERFORD) and ANTONIO SERVIDIO,
6
7 (hereinafter “REO Plaintiffs”), individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated
8 individuals whose homes have been foreclosed upon and purchased by the defendant
9 banks with the Defendant banks presently alleging to own the properties based upon
10 Deeds purportedly reflecting the acquisition of those titles due to foreclosure sales on
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11 MERS Deeds of Trust; and Plaintiffs LACY J. DALTON (aka JILL L. ANDERSON),
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
25 AGNES MARIANO, JOHN and BIANCA MASON, JEAN MERKELBACH and CHAD
2 DISMUKE, WOJCIECH and MARIOLA POLANSKI, RANDALL H. and JUNE ANN REES,
3 CHARISE K. and TODD C. ROBERTS, NIGEL RUDLIN, EFRAIN DELAROSA SALDANA,
4 ANTONIO SERVIDIO, SALLY SERVIDIO, JASWINDER SINGH and VARINDER KAUR,
5
KIM M. THOMPSON, HELEN T. THOMPSON and GABRIELLE C. THOMPSON (aka
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GABRIELLE C. MCELROY), DIMITRITZA TOROMANOVA, LENORA M. and JOSEPH T.
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VAETH, LAURO C. and YESENIA VIZCARRA, individually and on behalf of a class of
8
similarly situated individuals who are at imminent risk of the loss of their homes due to
9
foreclosure by Defendants and/or who seek a temporary restraining order and
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
preliminary injunction against Defendants to prevent the imminent foreclosures and sales
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
of their homes by Defendants, through their counsel, Robert R. Hager and Treva J.
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 Hearne, allege as follows:
15 This case arises because the Plaintiffs were the victims of unlawful and wrongful
17 foreclosures by the Defendants on the Plaintiffs’ homes or, the Defendants are threatening
18 in the near future to foreclose on the homes of the Plaintiffs. These foreclosures were, and
19
are, based upon a deed of trust and a note in each mortgage that are no longer held by the
20
same entity or party and are based upon deeds of trust that were flawed at the date of
21
origination of the loan because the Mortgage Electronic Registration Service (MERS) was
22
named as the beneficiary or nominee of the lender on the deeds of trust and because the
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naming of MERS as the beneficiary was done for the purpose of harming the borrower.
24
The beneficiaries were never intended to be the lenders and now the servicer bank
25
Defendants declared the default on these loans even though the true beneficiaries have
1 not declared a default and have no further interest in the notes and, finally, the
2 obligations reflected by the notes executed by Plaintiffs allegedly secured by the MERS
3 deeds of trust have been satisfied with the result that there exists no obligation on which
4 to base any foreclosure on the properties owned by the Plaintiffs and the members of the
5
class. Defendants have attempted to foreclose and have actually foreclosed when they do
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not have a lawful right to foreclose.
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The bank REO Plaintiffs have been subjected to unlawful and wrongful foreclosure
8
of their residential properties and bring this action for emergency injunctive relief,
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damages and other claims for relief in order to enjoin the Defendants who purport to have
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(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
acquired title at foreclosure sales on MERS and MERS member Deeds of Trust. Plaintiffs
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
who have been subjected to foreclosure seek damages for the known unlawful foreclosures
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 by Defendants on those fraudulent Deeds of Trust and on obligations that have been
14 satisfied prior to the foreclosure actions by Defendants complained of herein. Other than
15 the REO Plaintiffs, the remainder of the Plaintiffs are at imminent risk of losing their
16 homes because either (1) one or more of the Defendants has served upon those Plaintiffs a
17 notice of default and election to sell the Plaintiffs’ properties or (2) the Plaintiffs are
18 alleged by one or more Defendants to be in default and subject to foreclosure and loss of
19
their homes, and those Plaintiffs hereby seek emergency injunctive relief and damages.
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Plaintiffs bring this action on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated
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whose homes have been fraudulently and/or unlawfully foreclosed upon by Defendants
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on MERS and MERS Deeds of Trust and/or on obligations that were satisfied, each such
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foreclosure having been commenced and advanced in furtherance of the conspiracy
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pursuant to which every Defendant herein aided and abetted, and/or participated with
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and/or conspired with the other named Defendants in the wrongful course of conduct or
1 otherwise caused the damages and injuries claimed herein and are responsible in some
2 manner for the acts, occurrences and events alleged in this Complaint.
3 JURISDICTION
4 1. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 based on diversity
5
of citizenship, as Plaintiffs are residents of the State of Nevada; upon information and
6
belief, each and every Defendant is a foreign corporation; and because this matter is a
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class action with claims having a value in excess of $5,000,000.00.
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2. This Court has pendent jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ state law claims pursuant
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to 28 U.S.C. § 1367.
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(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
1391(b). The acts complained of occurred, in substantial part, in the State of Nevada, the
Reno, NV 89501
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13 properties subject to this action are situated in the State of Nevada in the Northern
14 Division and , in small part, the Southern Division of the District of Nevada, the owners of
15 the property reside in Nevada, and, at all relevant times material hereto, the Defendants
2 residents of Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs
3 maintained Plaintiffs’ residential property in Washoe County, Nevada, with the legal
4 description of:
5
LOT 26 OF SILVERADA SUBDIVISION NO. 1, RENO, NEVADA, ACCORDING TO
6 THE MAP THEREOF, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF
WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA, ON JUNE 16, 1960, AS TRACT MAP
7 NO. 650.
APN: 008-141-14
8
Plaintiffs’ residential property as described above is commonly referred to and located at
9
1895 East 10th Street, Reno, Nevada.
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(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s real property in
Reno, NV 89501
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13 LYON County, Nevada with the legal description that only included the APN of: 02-0981-
14 08. Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 810
1 (c) Real property in LYON County, Nevada with the legal description that
2 included only: APN: 20-982-19. Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly
3 referred to and located at 775 SUNNY LANE, FERNLEY, NEVADA.
4 7. Plaintiff, EMILY ANDREWS, A SINGLE WOMAN, is a resident of Lyon
5
County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s
6
primary residence in Lyon County, Nevada with the legal description of:
7
Lot 253, of Donner Trail Estates Phase VI, as shown on the Final Map for Donner
8 Trail Estates Phase IV, V, VI, recorded in the Official Records of Lyon County,
Nevada on September 20, 2001 as Document No. 266149 and on Certificate of
9 Amendment recorded on December 6, 2001 as Document No. 269371
APN: 2081407
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
12
13 8. Plaintiff, JOSE AURELIO APOLINAR, is a resident of Washoe County,
14 Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s
15 residential property in Washoe County, Nevada, for which no legal description was
16 attached to the Deed of Trust but for which the A.P.N. is 202-201-01. The Plaintiff’s
APN: 510-170-05
Reno, NV 89501
12
Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and located at
13
6648 CHULA VISTA COURT, SPARKS, NEVADA.
14
11. Plaintiffs, CHRISTOPHER L BALLENGEE and SAMANTHA P ANDERSON,
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are residents of Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto,
16
Plaintiffs maintained Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Washoe Country, Nevada with the
17
legal description of:
18 LOT 10-80 as shown on the Map of The Foothills at Wingfield, Village 10, New
Urban District, Tract Map No. 4640, filed in the office of the County Recorder of
19
Washoe County, State of Nevada on April 21, 2006 as File No. 3377427 of Official
20 Records.
APN: 526-533-06
21
Plaintiff’s primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and located at
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7013 VOYAGE DRIVE, SPARKS, NEVADA.
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12. Plaintiffs, RICHARD J. BEAUCHEMIN and LESLIE A. BEAUCHEMIN, are
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residents of Storey County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs
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1
maintained Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Storey County, Nevada with the legal
2
description of:
3 LOT 322 ON THAT CERTAIN DIVISION OF LAND MAP RECORDED AUGUST 1,
1978, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 42452, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF STOREY
4 COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA, AND AS SHOWN UPON THAT CERTAIN
RECDORD OF SURVEY MAP, RECORDED ON OCTOBER 24, 1978, AS
5 DOCUMENT NUMBER 42925, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF STOREY COUNTY,
NEVADA, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS HIGHLAND RANCHES.
6
APN: 00336118
7
Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and located at
8
3220 Cartwright Road, Virginia City Highlands, Nevada.
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13. Plaintiff, PETER M BEEKHOFF JR., is a resident of Douglas County,
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(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
(a) Real property in Douglas County, Nevada with the legal description
Reno, NV 89501
12
of:
13 LOT 21, IN BLOCK D, AS SET FORTH ON FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP NO.
1006-12 FOR CHICHESTER ESTATES, PHASE 12, FILED IN THE OFFICE
14
OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEVADA AND
15 RECORDED JANUARY 8, 2004 IN BOOK 0104, PAGE 2012, AS
DOCUMENT NO. 601490.
16
APN: 1320-33-817-021
17
Plaintiff’s residential property as described above is commonly referred to
18
and located at 1377 BROOKE, Gardnerville, Nevada 89410.
19
(b) A Leasehold estate as created by that certain sublease dated June 8,
20 2007, made by and between WEST RIDGE HOMES, INC., A NEVADA
CORPORATION, as Lessor, and PETER M. BEEKHOF, JR., AN
21 UNMARRIED MAN, as Lessee, for the term and upon the term and
conditions contained in said sublease recorded June 15, 2007, in Book 0607,
22 Page 4870, as Document No. 703146, Official Records of Douglas County,
Nevada, in and to the following:
23 Lot 133, as set forth on the Record of Survey for PINEVIEW
DEVELOPMENT, UNIT NO. 5, filed for record in the office of the Douglas
24
County Recorder on July 26, 2004, in Book 0704, Page 10502, as Document
25 No. 619666.
APN: 1121-05-515-004
1
Plaintiff’s residential property as described above is commonly referred to and located at
2
34 CONNER WAY, GARDNERVILLE, NEVADA.
3
4 (c ) Plaintiff’s primary residence in Douglas County, Nevada with the legal
description of:
5
LOT 21, IN BLOCK D, AS SET FORTH ON FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP NO. 1006-
6 12 FOR CHICHESTER ESTATES, PHASE 12, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF COUGLAS COUNTY, NEVADA AND RECORDED
7 JANUARY 8, 2004 IN BOOK 0104, PAGE 2012, AS DOCUMENT NO. 601490.
8 APN: 1320-32-801-029
9 Plaintiff’s residential property referred to and located at 1125 Mill St., Gardnerville,
10 Nevada.
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
Reno, NV 89501
12 times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s real property in
13 Washoe County, Nevada with the APN: 007-373-08. Plaintiff’s primary residence as
14 described above is commonly referred to and located at 523 WEST 11TH STREET, RENO,
15 NEVADA.
16 15. Plaintiffs, JOHN BENNET and NANCY E. BENNETT, are residents of
17 Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs maintained
18 Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
19
Lot 14 as shown on the map of SIERRA MEADOWS SUBDIVISION UNIT NO. 7,
20 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE County Recorder of Washoe County, State of
Nevada, on April 4, 1973.
21
APN: 036-11-18
22
Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and located at
23
705 Sageview Court, Sparks, Nevada.
24
25
1
16. Plaintiff VALERIE BRANCA is a resident of California. Plaintiff has
2
maintained her residential property in Washoe County, Nevada, with a legal description
3
of:
4 PARCEL 1:
5 Lot 105-B of HAZELCREST NO.4, A DENSITY SUBDIVISION, according to the
map thereof, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of
6 Nevada on October 17, 1974, as file No. 344392, as Tract Map No. 1501.
7 PARCEL 2:
8 An undivided 1/128 interest in and to the common area of HAZELCREST NO. 4
DENSITY SUBDIVISION, according to the map thereof, filed in the office of the
9 County Recorder of Washoe County, State of Nevada, on October 17, 1974, as file
No. 344392, as Tract Map No. 1501.
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
12
TOGETHER WITH the following appurtenant easements:
13
A. A non-exclusive easement for repair, ingress to and egress from the unit
14 through the adjacent common area, and over and along that portion of common
area described as private streets as shown on the map.
15
B. A non-exclusive easement burdening the adjoining unit for the maintenance of
16 a party wall on or along the common boundary between the adjoining unit.
17 C. An exclusive easement to utilize that portion of the common area which is
designated on the map as “limited use” by the owner of the adjacent unit to the
18 exclusion of the owners of the other units.
19 APN: 086-471-58
20 Plaintiff’s residential property described herein is commonly referred to as: 12301 GREEN
25 description of:
Reno, NV 89501
12 APN: 083-872-09
13 Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and located at
16 At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s residential
1 Lot 23, of COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS, Washoe County, Nevada, according to the
official map thereof, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County,
2 State of Nevada, on May 14, 1936, and more particularly described as follows:
The true point of beginning being the Northwest corner of Lot 23, said corner being
3 located along the Southerly side line of West Plumb Lane and further described as
being South 89*18’ West, a distance of 313.02 feet from the Northwest corner of
4 Lot 1, COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS; thence North 89*19’ East 49 feet to a point on
the Westerly side line of Phillips St.; thence South a distance of 22.59 feet to a point
5
of tangency of a 15 foot radius curve thence from a bearing running due North said
6 curve runs to the left for a length of 23.38 feet, through a central angle of 89*19’
West, a distance of 34.18 feet to a point; thence North 7.77 feet to the true point of
7 beginning. Situate in the Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of Section 23, Township
19 North, Range 19 East, M.D.B.&M., as granted to the City of Reno, a municipal
8 corporation, recorded November 2, 1964, in Book 34, Page 390.
9 APN: 019-022-22
21. Plaintiffs, DAVID DOUGLAS DAHL & KAY DAHL, are residents of Washoe
Reno, NV 89501
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13 County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs maintained property
14 as follows:
15 (a) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description
16 of:
maintained Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
description of:
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 LOT 22 of Harbour Cove Subdivision, according to the map thereof, filed in the
office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, state of Nevada on June 8, 2001
14 as document no. 2562095 of official records and as tract map no. 3960.
15 APN: 037-342-13
19 At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s primary
20 residence in Washoe County, Nevada with the only legal description attached to the deed
22 commonly referred to and located at 6401 PEAVINE HILLS AVENUE, RENO, NEVADA.
24 times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s primary residence
25 where his daughter presently resides in Douglas County, Nevada with the legal description
of:
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LOT 10, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF GARDNERVILLE RANCHOS UNIT NO. 2,
2 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDER, STATE OF
NEVADA, ON JUNE 1, 1965, AS DOCUMENT NO. 28309, AND ON JUNE 4, 1965,
3 AS DOCUMENT NO. 28377.
4 APN: 1220-15-110-086
Reno, NV 89501
16
Plaintiffs’ residential property as described above is commonly referred to
17
and located at 680 Winston Drive, Reno, Nevada.
18
26. Plaintiff, CASIMIRO JIMENEZ GRANADOS, is a resident of Washoe
19 County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, the Plaintiff maintained
residential property with the legal description of:
20
Lot 5 in Block 10 of HILLBORO SUBDIVISION NO. 2., according to the map
21 thereof, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of
Nevada, on May 21, 1956, as Tract Map No. 534.
22
APN: 008-052-05
23
Plaintiff’s residential property as described above is commonly referred to and located at
24
25 1580 Trainer Way, Reno, Nevada.
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
Reno, NV 89501
12
residents of Carson City, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs
13
maintained Plaintiffs’ real properties as follows:
14
(a) Real property in Churchill County, Nevada with the legal description as
15
follows:
16
Lot 6 of the Raven’s Nest Subdivision Map, Unit No. 1, recorded September
17
3, 2002, under Document No. 345927, Official Records, Churchill County,
18 Nevada
APN: 1-641-23
19
Plaintiffs’ residential property as described above is commonly referred to and located at
20
644, 646, 648 & 650 LESLIE COURT, FALLON, NEVADA.
21
22 (b) Real property in Churchill County, Nevada with the legal description of:
23 Lot 9 of the Raven’s Nest Subdivision Map, Unit No. 1, recorded September 3,
2002, under Document No. 345927, Official Records, Churchill County, Nevada.
24
APN: 1-641-26.
25
2 located at 680, 682, 684 & 686 LESLIE COURT, FALLON, NEVADA.
3 (c) Real property in Lyon County, Nevada with the legal description only
4 including: APN: 020-983-05. Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is commonly
5
referred to and located at 605 STARLITE DRIVE, FERNLEY, NEVADA.
6
(d) Real property in Lyon County, Nevada with the legal description that
7
includes only: APN: 020-982-08. Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is
8
commonly referred to and located at 670 STARLITE DRIVE, FERNLEY, NEVADA.
9
(e) Real property in Lyon County, Nevada with the only legal description
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
attached as: APN: 020-982-10. Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is commonly
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
12
13 (f) Real property in Lyon County, Nevada with only a legal description that
16 (g) Real property in Lyon County, Nevada with the legal description of:
17 LOT 12, AS SHOWN ON THE FINAL MAP FOR COUNTRY VILLAGE PHASE 2
RECORDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF LYON COUNTY, NEVADA ON
18 OCTOBER 2, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NO. 305500.
APN: 020-982-07
19
20 Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 640
1 (i) Real property in Churchill County, Nevada with the only legal description
2 as: APN: 001-641-21. Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is commonly referred to
3 and located at 655, 657, 659, 661 LESLIE CT, FALLON, NEVADA.
4
(j) Real property in Churchill County, Nevada with the only legal description
5
as: APN: 001-641-27. Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is commonly referred to
6
and located at 692, 694, 696, and 698 Leslie Court, Fallon, Nevada.
7
(k) Real property in Churchill County, Nevada with the only legal description
8
9 as: APN: 001-641-24. Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is commonly referred to
10 and located at 656. 658. 660, 662 LESLIE CT, FALLON, NEVADA.
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11 (l) Real property in Churchill County, Nevada with the legal description of:
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
12 Lot 8 of the Raven’s Nest Subdivision Map, Unit No. 1, recorded September 3,
2002, under Document No. 345927, Official Records, Churchill County, Nevada
13 APN: 1-641-25
14
Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 668,
15
670, 672 & 674 LESLIE COURT, FALLON, NEVADA.
16
17 (m) Real property in Lyon County, Nevada with the only legal description as
21 times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s primary residence in
22 Storey County, Nevada with the legal description of:
23
Lot 11-A, in Block O as shown on Lot Consolidation recorder in the County of
24 Storey, State of Nevada on January 20, 1999, in Book 126, Page 245, as Document
No. 84213. Also shown on the map of VIRGINIA CITY HIGHLANDS, UNIT NO. 1,
25 filed in the office of the Storey County Recorder on April 13, 1972, File No. 35070.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM 25% of Landowner’s Royalty Interest in and to all
minerals, oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons as reserved in Deed from Lake Tahoe
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Lot 209, as shown on the Map of TRUCKEE RIVER HIGHLANDS, Tract Map No.
11 4252, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of Nevada,
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 PARCEL 2:
An easement for improvements and access including retaining walls as set forth in
14 that certain instrument entitled “Improvement and Access Easement” recorded
August 01, 2003 as Document No. 2898305, Official Records, Washoe County,
15 Nevada.
16 PARCEL 3:
Easements for access and utilities reserved by Grantor as set forth under in that
17 certain Grant, Bargain and Sale Deed, executed by the
Grantor, recorded on May 24, 2002 as Document No. 2691402 in the Official
18
Records of Washoe County, Nevada; and conveyed to this Grantor by that certain
19 Grant Deed executed by BORIS B. SELITSCH AND SHANNON A. SELITSCH,
husband and wife, as joint tenants and MICHAEL HANSEN and JOY HANSEN,
20 husband and wife, as joint tenants dated September 05, 2003, recorded on
September 12, 2003, as Document No. 2920940 in the Official Records of Washoe
21 County, Nevada.
22 APN: 212-033-03
Plaintiff’s primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and
23
24 located at 8080 HIGHLAND FLUME CIRCLE, RENO, NEVADA.
25
2 County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s
3 residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
4 LOT 20 OF SOUTHWEST TERRACE UNIT NO. 1, WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA,
ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
5
COUNTY RECORDER OF WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA, ON AUGUST
6 02, 1962, AS TRACT MAP NO. 783.
APN: 023-111-20
7
Plaintiff’s residential property as described above is commonly referred to and
8
located at 3251 SAN SIMEON COURT, RENO, NEVADA.
9
32. Plaintiffs, JAMES M. KOSCHELLA and TERESA R. KOSCHELLA,
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
HUSBAND AND WIFE, are residents of Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
and material hereto, Plaintiffs maintained Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Washoe County,
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 Nevada with the legal description of:
2 Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained
3 Plaintiff’s primary residence in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
4 Lot 6 of HILLCREST EAST SUBDIVISION, filed in the office of the County
Recorder of Washoe County, State of Nevada, on June 28, 2005, as Document No.
5
3237769, Tract Map No. 4510.
6 APN: 502-641-33
7 Plaintiff’s primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and
8 located at 5010 COGGINS RD, RENO NEVADA.
9 35. Plaintiffs, JOHN V. LYNCH & RONICA LYNCH, Husband & Wife, are
10
residents of Douglas County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
maintained Plaintiffs’ residential property in Douglas County, Nevada with the legal
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
12
description of:
13
Parcel A-2 as shown on Parcel Map No. 2 for DON AND FRANCIE LOCKMAN,
14 recorded May 23, 1990, in Book 590, at Page 3603, as Document No. 226669,
Official Records of Douglas County, Nevada, being a re-subdivision of Parcel B, as
15 shown on the Parcel Map for DON AND FRANCIE LOCKMAN, recorded December
14, 1989, Book 1289, Page 1422, Document No. 216450, Official Records of Douglas
16 County, Nevada.
17
APN: 1220-24-401-004
18
Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and
19
located at 638 CLYDESDALE COURT, GARDNERVILLE, NEVADA.
20
36. Plaintiffs, JAMI D. MCHENRY and STEVEN W. WALLACE, are residents of
21
22 Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained
23 Plaintiff’s primary residence in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
Reno, NV 89501
12
38. Plaintiff, MICHAEL F. MCKEON,is a resident of Douglas County, Nevada.
13
At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s primary
14
residence in Douglas County, Nevada with the legal description of:
15
16 LOT 20, OF IDLE ACRES SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL MAP
THEREOF, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF DOUGLAS
17 COUNTY, NEVADA, ON APRIL 5, 1960, IN BOOK 1 OF MAPS, DOCUMENT NO.
15812.
18
APN: 1220-22-211-009
19 Plaintiff’s primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and
20 located at 1418 PURPLE SAGE DRIVE, GARDNERVILLE, NEVADA
21
39. Plaintiffs, WILFREDO G. MARIANO and AGNES MARIANO,
22
are residents of Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material
23
hereto, Plaintiffs maintained Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Washoe
24
25 County, Nevada with a legal description of:
Reno, NV 89501
4
41. Plaintiffs, GILBERTO J. MENDOZA AND GABRIELA T. MENDOZA, are
5
residents of Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs
6
maintained Plaintiffs’ residential property in Washoe County, Nevada, with the legal
7
description of:
8
LOT 227 IN BLOCK A, OF STONE CREEK PHASE V AT HIGHLAND RANCH
9 NORTH, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA, ON JUNE 9,
10 1994, AS FILE NO. 1805401, AS TRACT MAP NO. 3050.
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11 APN: 508-231-33
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
12
13 located at 6370 SAGINAW COURT, SUN VALLEY, NEVADA.
1 NORTH 29º 43’ 18” WEST 43.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 42º 43’ 18” WEST 100
FEET;THENCE ALONG A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH WITH A RADIUS
2 OF 45.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 111º 38’ 51” AND AN ARC LENGTH
87.69 FEET, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 64º 58’ 33” WEST
3 74.46 FEET; THENCE ALONG A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTHWEST
WITH A RADIUS OF 180.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 66º 05’ 15”, AND AN
4 ARC LENGTH OF 207.62 FEET, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVES BEARS SOUTH
31º 44’ 20” WEST 196.30 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01º 14’ 07” EAST 1,024.97
5
FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89º 19’ 25” EAST 735.21 FEET TO THE POINT OF
6 BEGINNING. EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL THAT PORTION DESCRIBED IN
THE “STIPULATION ORDER” RECORDED DECEMBER 19, 2000 IN BOOK 1200,
7 PAGE 3832, FILE NO. 50S326. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LAND IS ALSO
DESCRIBED AS TRACT 1 ON THE RECORD OF SURVEY FILED FEBRUARY 17,
8 2004 AS FILE NO. 604853. NOTE THE ABOVE METES AND BOUND
DESCRIPTION APPEARED PREVIOUSLY IN THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT
9 RECORDED FEBRUARY 9, 2005, IN BOOK 0205, PAGE 3125, AS INSTRUMENT
NO. 636343.
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
APN 1418-03-301-009
11 Plaintiffs’ primary residence described herein is also commonly referred to as 2190 Lands
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
24 as described above is commonly referred to and located at 1113 HARBOUR COVE COURT,
25 SPARKS, NEVADA.
11 APN: 178-04-520-014.
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
15 resident of Lyon County, Nevada, located in Lyon County, Nevada, with a legal description
16 that included only: APN 018-515-16. Plaintiffs’ residential property as described above is
19 Clark County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs maintained
20 residential property wherein the deed of trust only provided an APN 161-30-412-027 as
24 residents of Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs
25 maintained Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal
description of:
Complaint/DALTON etal v. Citi etal-28
Case 3:09-cv-00534 Document 1 Filed 09/14/2009 Page 29 of 40
1
LOT 79 OF “DOUBLE DIAMOND RANCH VILLAGE 19B, A PLANNED
2 DEVELOPMENT”, IN THE CITY OF RENO, COUNTY OF WASHOE, STATE OF
NEVADA, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF
3 THE COUNTY RECORDER OF WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA, ON
APRIL 3, 2003, AS FILE NO. 2831796, TRACT MAP NO. 4187
4
APN: 160-882-05
5
Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and
6
located at 10562 THISTLE BERRY COURT, RENO, NEVADA.
7
48. Plaintiffs, RANDALL H. REES AND JUNE ANN REES, are residents of
8
Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs maintained
9
Plaintiffs’ residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11 PARCEL 1:
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
12
CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION, TRACT MAP NO. 4620, FILED IN THE OFFICE
13 OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF WASHOE COUNTY,
STATE OF NEVADA ON MARCH 16, 2006 AS FILED NO. 3362184 OF OFFICIAL
14 RECORDS, AND AMENDED BY “CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT” RECORDED
MAY 2, 2006 AS DOCUMENT NO. 3382919 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
15
PARCEL 2:
16 AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN, AND EASEMENT OVER, THE COMMON AREA
AS SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND
17 RESTRICTIONS FOR TANAMERA CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED FEBRUARY
21, 2003 AS DOCUMENT OF NO. 3351160 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
18
PARCEL 3:
19
AN EASEMENT FOR ACCESS OVER THAT PORTION OF PARCEL A OF PARCEL
20 MAP 3586 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF WASHOE
COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA ON NOVEMBER 8, 1999 AS FILE NO. 2396113 OF
21 OFFICIAL RECORDS, DESIGNATED AS “24’ ACCESS EASEMENT AND 28’
ACCESS EASEMENT” ON SAID PARCEL MAP.
22
PARCEL 4:
23
EASEMENTS AS CONTAINED IN THAT DOCUMENT ENTITLED “CROSS
24 EASEMENT AGREEMENT” RECORDED DECEMBER 1, 1999 AS DOCUMENT
NO. 2402837 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
25
APN: 160-918-24
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
Reno, NV 89501
12
50. Plaintiffs, NIGEL RUDLIN, A SINGLE MAN, is a resident of Washoe
13
County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiff maintained Plaintiff’s
14
primary residence in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
15
Lot 1 in Block I of INCLINE VILLAGE UNIT NO. 1, according to the map thereof,
16 filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of Nevada, on
September 9, 1968, as Tract Map No. 1077.
17
18 APN: 125-223-24
1 Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 1254
11 Parcel 2:
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
A non-exclusive easement of use and enjoyment in, to, and throughout the
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
12 Common Elements and for ingress, egress, and support over and through the
Common Elements as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATRION OF
13 COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR IRONSTONE (THE
FOOTHILLS AT WINGFIELD VILLAGE 13) recorded November 22, 2004 as
14 Document No. 3131993 of Official Records.
15 APN: 526-154-01
16 Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 3932
18
(b) Residential property in Lyon County, Nevada with the legal description of:
19
Lot 70, as shown on the Final Map of ENNOR RANCH ESTATES, UNIT NO. 1E,
20 recorded in the official records of Lyon County, Nevada, on DECEMBER 18, 1997
AS DOCUMENT NO. 213343.
21
APN# 20-662-02
22
Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 703
23
Shadow Lane, FERNLEY, NEVADA.
24
(c) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description
25
of:
1 All that certain real property situate in the City of Sparks, County of Washoe, State of
9
Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 2643
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
(d) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 of:
14 All that certain real property situate in the City of Sparks, County of Washoe, State of
16 Parcel 1:
Lot 13-107 of THE FOOTHILLS AT WINGFIELD VILLAGE 13A, according to the
17 map thereof, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of
Nevada, on December 6, 2004, as File No. 3138433, Official Records, and as Tract
18 Map No. 4423.
Parcel 2:
19 A non-exclusive easement of use and enjoyment in, to, and throughout the
Common Elements and for ingress, egress, and support over and through the
20 Common Elements as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF
COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR IRONSTONE (THE
21
FOOTHILLS AT WINGFIELD VILLAGE 13) recorded November 22, 2004 as
22 Document No. 3131993 of Official Records.
APN: 526-154-17
23
Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 6696
24
Sportoletti Dr., SPARKS, NEVADA.
25
1
(e) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description
2
of:
3
Parcel 1:
4 Lot 13-108 of THE FOOTHILLS AT WINGFIELD VILLAGE 13A, according to the
map thereof, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of
5 Nevada, on December 6, 2004, as File No. 3138433, Official Records, and as Tract
Map No. 4423.
6
Parcel 2:
7 A non-exclusive easement for ingress, egress, and support over and through the
Common Elements as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF
8 COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR IRONSTONE (THE
FOOTHILLS AT WINGFIELD VILLAGE 13) recorded November 22, 2004 as
9
Document No. 3131993 of Official Records.
10 APN: 526-154-19
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11 Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 6689
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
1 (g) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description
2 of:
3 All that certain real property situate in the County of Washoe, State of Nevada, described
4 as follows:
5
Parcel 4A, as shown on Parcel Map No. 4020, according to the map thereof, filed in
6 the office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, State of Nevada, on June 10,
2003, as File No. 2869159.
7
APN: 004-151-57
8 Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 2150
9 Sutro Street, Unit B, RENO, NEVADA.
10
(h) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the only legal
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
description attached as: APN: 013-232-07. Plaintiff’s real property as described above is
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
12
commonly referred to and located at 437 WONDER STREET, RENO, NEVADA.
13
14 (i) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description
15 of:
16
PARCEL 1:
17 UNIT 102-2750 OF SALEM PLAZA, A CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO THE
MAP THEREOF, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF
18 WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA, ON DECEMBER 22, 1977, AS FILE NO.
504799 AND TRACT MAP NO. 1702.
19 PARCEL 2:
AN UNDIVIDED 1/150TH INTEREST IN THE “COMMON AREA” OF SALEM
20
PLAZA, A CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF, FILED IN
21 THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF
NEVADA, ON DECEMBER 22, 1977, UNDER FILING NO. 504799, OFFICIAL
22 RECORDS
APN: 019-411-15.
23 Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 2750
24
Plumas Street, #102, RENO, NEVADA.
25
1 (j) Residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description
2 of:
3
ALL THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN THE CITY OF SPARKS,
4 COUNTY OF WASHOE, STATE OF NEVADA DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 84 OF FIRENZE @ D’ANDREA SUBDIVISION, PHASE 3, ACCORDING TO
5 THE MAP THEREOF, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF
WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA ON OCTOBER 9, 2002, AS FILE NO.
6
2746362 AS TRACT MAP NO. 4121 OFFICIAL RECORDS AND AS AMENDED BY
7 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 2002 AS
DOCUMENT NO. 2777946.
8 APN 402-373-07
9 Plaintiff’s residential property described above is commonly referred to as 2495 Tuscan
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
(k) Residential property in Lyon County, Nevada with the legal description of:
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 Parcel 1:
Lot 63, as shown on the Final Map of ENNOR RANCH ESTATES UNIT NO. 1E,
14 recorded in the official records of Lyon County, Nevada on DECEMBER 18, 1997 as
DOCUMENT NO. 213343.
15 APN: 20-661-04
16 Plaintiff’s real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 710
Reno, NV 89501
1
A.P.N. 037-341-01
2 Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and located at
3
1101 HARBOUR COVE CT, SPARKS, NEVADA.
4
55. Plaintiffs, KIP M. THOMPSON and HELEN T. THOMPSON and
5
GABRIELLE C. THOMPSON (a.k.a. GABRIELLE C. MCELROY), are residents of Washoe
6
County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs maintained
7
Plaintiffs’ residential property in Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
8
LOT 36 AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF FIRST TEE UNIT NO. 6 AT KILEY RANCH,
9 A COMMON-INTEREST COMMUNITY, TRACT MAP NO. 4394, FILED IN THE
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF
10
NEVADA ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 AS FILE NO. 3105843 OF OFFICIAL
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
APN: 510-442-01
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 Plaintiffs’ real property as described above is commonly referred to and located at 1388
14
BOARDWALK PLACE, SPARKS, NEVADA.
15
Plaintiffs, KIP M. THOMPSON and HELEN T. THOMPSON, also maintain property in
16
Washoe County, Nevada with the legal description of:
17
Lot 1701 in Block A of WINGFIELD SPRINGS UNIT SEVENTEEN-A according to
18
the map thereof No. 3354 filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe
19 County, State of Nevada, on March 14, 1997 as Document No. 2079772 of Official
Records.
20 APN: 522-421-01
2 as described above is commonly referred to and located at 145 EAST HARMON AVENUE
3 #519, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
4 (b) Real property described as APN: 125-08-419-006. Plaintiff’s real property
5
as described above is commonly referred to and located at 8160 FINCH FEATHER, LAS
6
VEGAS, NEVADA.
7
(c) Real property described as APN: 140-06-718-012. Plaintiff’s real property as
8
described above is commonly referred to and located at 4174 JAQULINE WAY, LAS
9
VEGAS, NEVADA.
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
Reno, NV 89501
2 of Washoe County, Nevada. At all times relevant and material hereto, Plaintiffs
3 maintained Plaintiffs’ primary residence in Washoe County, Nevada, with the legal
4 description of:
5
Lot E in Block A as shown on the official plat of LOT REARRANGEMENT
6 GARDEN HILL SUBDIVISION UNIT NO. 2, BLOCK A & PORTION BLOCK B,
according to the map thereof, filed in the office of the County Recorder of Washoe
7 County, State of Nevada, on March 24, 1971, as File No. 201318, as Tract Map No.
1221.
8 APN: 004-091-19
9
Plaintiffs’ primary residence as described above is commonly referred to and located at
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
12
business in Nevada and, at all times material hereto, was a member in the MERS system
13
14 described herein and a principal shareholder of MERS.
15 60. Defendant MERSCORP, INC. was a Virginia corporation and doing business
16 in the State of Nevada through its division or subsidiary, Defendant MERS, Inc., a
17
Delaware corporation. Upon information and belief, MERSCORP, INC., was a director of
18
MERS, INC. Defendants MERSCORP, INC., and MERS, Inc. are hereinafter collectively
19
referred to as “MERS.
20
61. Defendant UNITED GUARANTY CORPORATION was a foreign corporation
21
22 and, at all times material hereto, a creator, originator, and shareholder of MERS and/or a
23 member of the MERS system described herein. Upon information and belief United
24 Guaranty Corporation has, through its agents and employees, a chartered seat on the
2 corporation.
3
63. Defendant AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC., aka
4
AMERICAN SERVICING COMPANY, is a foreign corporation.
5
64. Defendant AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC dba AURORA HOME LOANS
6
7 dba AURORA HOME MORTGAGE is a foreign corporation.
12
and/or acquired Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and its affiliates and subsidiaries, for the
13
purpose of funding and/or managing the ongoing business activities of Countrywide
14
15 Home Loans, Inc. Upon information and belief BANK OF AMERICA does business as
16 LASALLE BANK which is wholly owned by BANK OF AMERICA. Upon information and
17 belief, Defendant Bank of America, N.A., at all times material hereto, was a member of the
24 69. Defendant J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. was a New York corporation
25 doing business in Nevada and, at all times material hereto, was a member in the MERS
1 system described herein. Upon information and belief, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
2 through its division, affiliate or subsidiary, Chase Home Mortgage Corporation of the
3 Southeast, was a creator, originator, and shareholder in MERS, and through its employees
4 or agents employed by its affiliate, J.P. Morgan Chase Co., has a chartered seat on the
5
MERS board of directors.
6
70. Defendant COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. (“Countrywide”) was a
7
New York corporation authorized to do business in and doing business in Nevada and at
8
all times material hereto was a member of the MERS system described herein and a
9
10 creator, originator and principal shareholder in MERS and is now wholly owned by Bank
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11 of America.
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
18 wholly owned subsidiary of GMAC and is a foreign limited liability corporation authorized
19 to do business in, and doing business in, Washoe County, Nevada, and at all times
20 material hereto was a member of the MERS system described herein and a shareholder in
21
MERS.
22
74. Defendant FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
23
(hereinafter referred to as “Freddie Mac”) is a Virginia corporation doing business in
24
Nevada, and is a creator, originator, and principle shareholder in MERS. Upon
25
1 information and belief, Freddie Mac has, through its agents and employees, a chartered
11 Upon information and belief, Defendant HOME SERVICES, INC. is doing business as
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
Reno, NV 89501
12 FIRST FRANKLIN LOAN SERVICES, and is a foreign corporation and a wholly owned
13
subsidiary of Merrill Lynch.
14
77. Defendant FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION is a foreign
15
corporation and is wholly owned by the Bank of Tennessee.
16
17 78. Defendant METLIFE GROUP, INC. is a foreign corporation.
18
79. Defendant QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORP. is a foreign corporation
19
registered to do business in the State of Nevada.
20
80. Defendant SAXON MORTGAGE, INC., is a foreign corporation registered to
21
do business in the State of Nevada, and, upon information and belief, is a member of the
22
23 MERS system described herein.
24 81. Defendant GE MONEY BANK was an Ohio corporation and was a member
25 of the MERS system described herein.
2 business in Nevada and, at all times material hereto, was a member of the MERS system
3 described herein. Upon information and belief, Defendant GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C.,
4 through its affiliate or subsidiary, GMAC Residential Funding Corp., was a creator,
5
originator, and shareholder in MERS, and through its employees or agents employed by
6
its division, affiliate or subsidiary, GMAC Residential Holding Corp., has a chartered seat
7
on the MERS board of directors.
8
83. Defendant HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, U.S.A. was a Delaware
9
10 corporation and, at all times material hereto, was a member of the MERS system
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
11 described herein. Upon information and belief, HSBC Mortgage Corporation, through its
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
affiliate or subsidiary HSBC Finance Corp., was a creator, originator, and principal
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 shareholder of MERS.
14
84. Defendant LANDMARK ONESTOP, INC. aka LAND AMERICA DEFAULT
15
SERVICES is a foreign corporation.
16
85. Defendant MIDLAND MORTGAGE is a foreign corporation with offices in
17
18 Oklahoma City.
1 consummated in or around December 31, 2008, and is or was a member of the MERS
8 corporation.
is a Pennsylvania corporation and the parent company of National City Corporation, Inc.
Reno, NV 89501
12
pursuant to a merger consummated in or around December 31, 2008. Upon information
13
and belief, PNC is or was a member of the MERS system described herein.
14
15 92. Defendant RECONTRUST COMPANY is a foreign corporation not registered
16 to do business in the State of Nevada, but is the company that forecloses for Countrywide
17 Home Loans, Inc.
18
93. Defendant SUNTRUST is a foreign corporation with offices in Richmond,
19
Virginia.
20
21 94. Defendant T.D. SERVICE COMPANY is a foreign corporation.
22 95. Defendant THE COOPER CASTLE LAW FIRM, LLP fka THE COOPER
23
CHRISTENSEN LAW FIRM, LLP is a domestic corporation.
24
96. Defendant DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY is a New
25
York corporation.
2
98. Defendant HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL is a foreign corporation.
3
99. Defendant BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON doing business as BANK OF
4
NEW YORK is a foreign corporation.
5
6 100. Defendant WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. was a California corporation.
7
101. Defendant WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. was a California corporation doing
8
business in Nevada as Wells Fargo Home Equity and as Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, a
9
Division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and, at all times material hereto, was a member of the
10
(775) 329-5800, FAX (775) 329-5819
MERS system described herein and a creator, originator, and shareholder of MERS.
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
HAGER & HEARNE
102. Defendants Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., First Franklin, and Bank of
Reno, NV 89501
12
13 America, N.A. acted as lenders in the transactions referred to herein and are hereinafter
15 103. Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
16 Bank of America, HSBC Mortgage Corporation, U.S.A., GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., PNC
17 Financial Services Group, Inc., National City Corporation, National City Mortgage, First
18
Franklin, a division of National City Bank, National City Bank, Countrywide Home Loans,
19
Inc., CitiMortgage and GE Money Bank acted as Securitizers of the loans made by Lenders
20
named herein and are hereinafter referred to as “Securitizers” or “Securitizer defendants.”
21
104. Defendants American Brokers Conduit, American Home Mortgage
22
Servicing, Inc., Aurora Loan Services, LLC, dba Aurora Home Loans dba Aurora Home
23
Mortgage, Bank of America, Bank of America dba LaSalle Bank Corporation, Central
24
Mortgage Company, J.P. Morgan Chase, NA dba Chase Home Finance, LLC, dba Chase
25
Mortgage, CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., EMC Corporation dba EMC
1 Mortgage Corporation, Home Loan Services, Inc. dba First Franklin Loan Services, First
Company, and T.D. Service Company acted as foreclosing entities or trustees against the
11
245 E. Liberty St., Ste 110
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12
13 GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
14 106. In the United States, home purchases are typically financed by mortgages or
15 loans that are secured by a deed of trust and a note which, when executed on behalf of the
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same entity and held by the same entity as a “note and deed of trust,” entitle the holder of
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the note and deed of trust to foreclose on the property of the borrower if the borrower is in
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default without legal excuse or recourse.
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107. A reported 3 million foreclosures occurred in the U.S. in 2008. Foreclosures
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to date during calendar year 2009 are at a higher rate than that which occurred during
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2008, with 1 in 16 homes in the State of Nevada going into foreclosure during the first six
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months of 2009.
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24 108. From 2003 through 2008, the Defendants entered into mortgages with
25 deeds of trust and notes that were separated after the execution of the mortgage, the note
was sold to an investor who literally and actually provided the funds for the loan given to
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1 the borrower. Prior to or immediately after the contract was signed by the borrower, the
2 note was funded by a party other than the originator or servicer of the loan.
3 109. Plaintiffs separately executed deeds of trust naming MERS as the beneficiary
4 and/or nominee of the beneficiary/lender.
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110. Plaintiffs also separately executed notes payable to Lenders as alleged
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herein. None of the notes contained any reference to MERS.
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111. The notes and the deeds of trust require that payment be made to the
8
Lender, not to MERS.
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112. The notes executed by Plaintiffs were separated from the deeds of trust after
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the execution by Plaintiffs of those documents, with the note being transferred to
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investors whose money had funded the loan taken out by the Plaintiff/borrower.
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13 113. The Servicer defendants herein furnished none of the funding for the loans
14 but were merely transfer agents for money from the investors to loans taken by the
15 borrowers. Simultaneously with or immediately after the loan was taken out by the
16 borrower, the obligation reflected by the note was satisfied by monies provided by the
17 investor who then obtained ownership of and right to payment under the terms of the
18 note. These investors are the only parties to whom an obligation arose after the loans
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were securitized, and are the only proper parties to later declare a default and to have a
20
right to direct a sale if the Plaintiffs did not make payments as required under the terms of
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the note.
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114. The Mortgage Electronic Registration Service was created by the Defendants
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identified herein as co-conspirators in relation to the MERS system with the specific
24
intent that MERS, Inc. or MERSCORP, Inc. or MERS (referred to collectively herein as
25
“MERS”) would be named the beneficiary and/or as the nominee of the lender on the
1 deeds of trust which Plaintiffs were induced into signing. However, MERS was not a
2 nominee for the lender because the lender was an investor who had provided the funds for
3 the loan. This fact was known to MERS and the purported lender and the subsequent
4 assignee of any and all rights purported to have been assigned by MERS at the time the
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note and deed of trust were signed by the Plaintiffs and at the time of each and every such
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later purported assignment by MERS of any interest in the note and deed of trust.
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115. The foreclosures complained of herein were initiated against Plaintiffs by
8
parties who have and had no standing to commence or maintain any foreclosure
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proceeding, both by the express language of the deeds of trust which required that the
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beneficiary/party owed the obligation declare the default and direct the sale, and by the
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13 require the true beneficiary to declare such default and direct such sale.
14 116. The servicers of the loans, named as Servicer defendants herein, were
15 strangers to the purported loan transactions and which parties were and are unknown to
16 Plaintiffs and, moreover, did not fund the Plaintiffs’ loans and are not owed any of the
17 funds to be repaid by Plaintiffs, and do not stand to suffer any loss should they be
18 enjoined from foreclosing on the Plaintiffs’ homes or from selling the alleged REO’s at
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issue herein.
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117. The foreclosures named as Forecloser Defendants herein, on Plaintiffs’
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homes complained of herein were initiated by Forecloser Defendants, who had and have
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no lawful right to initiate, advance or maintain any foreclosure action against the
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Plaintiffs or their homes.
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118. All Defendants knew or should have known that prior to the time that the
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loans were taken out by Plaintiffs at issue herein, the loans which named MERS on the
1 deeds of trust were securitized or intended to be securitized prior to the preparation of the
into loans they could not afford and could not repay so that the loans would go into
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default and the Defendants involved in servicing, aggregating and securitizing those loans
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13 could make yet more profits from default, foreclosure and selling the properties at or after
14 foreclosure.
16 without limitation the hiring only of appraisers who were financially incentivized to
17 appraise properties at a value that would justify the loan requested, the payment to
18 mortgage brokers of higher fees for sub-prime and sub-sub-prime loans than for prime
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loans and the use of novel and unprecedented underwriting criteria such as stated income
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and 100% or more financing of the purchase price, and the purchase of loans from
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lenders by aggregators and servicers of loans at more than face value if the loans were
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sub-prime or sub-sub-prime and in particular if such loans also included an adjustable
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interest rate and/or a pre-payment penalty.
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121. All Defendants who originated, serviced, aggregated and/or securitized the
25
Plaintiffs’ loans knew or should have known at the time of those actions by Defendants
1 that the financial incentives described in the previous paragraph herein were not disclosed
2 to the investor or to the Plaintiffs/borrowers, and that the Defendants who originated,
3 serviced, aggregated and/or securitized the Plaintiffs’ loans also purchased credit default
4 swaps which were essentially bets that the Plaintiffs’ loans would fail, resulting in multiple
5
payments to those Defendants of the face amount of the loan, and knew or should have
6
known that fact was also concealed from the investors and Plaintiffs who were instead
7
intentionally misled by Defendants to believe that the Plaintiffs qualified for the loans
8
under residential loan underwriting standards previously used in the industry.
9
122. All Defendants who originated, serviced, aggregated and/or securitized the
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Plaintiffs’ loans knew or should have known at the time of those actions by Defendants
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that the more likely or certain the loan was to fail, the more likely that failure was to cause
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13 the entire mortgage-backed security pool which included Plaintiffs’ loan to fail, and the
15 123. Under the securities and federal banking laws, rules and regulations, the
16 investors and the borrowers were entitled to information regarding all of the profits,
17 payments, kick-backs, fees and insurance and credit default swaps related to the
18 transaction which included the investors providing the funds loaned to the borrower, and
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the concealment of those facts by all the Defendants who originated, serviced, aggregated
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and/or securitized the Plaintiffs’ loans was an intentional misrepresentation and/or
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intentional material omission of fact by those Defendants for the purpose of using the
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borrowers’ signatures on notes and deeds of trust to defraud the investors, the borrowers,
23
the insurers of loans, the issuers of credit default swaps and eventually the government
24
whom those Defendants, upon information and belief, falsely told that the Defendants
25
1 were in dire need of trillions of dollars in federal funds due to “toxic assets” being
instruments that would result in the foreclosure of their homes and to initiate foreclosure
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13 on Plaintiffs’ homes without the lawful right to do so or to commence and advance
14 foreclosures against Plaintiffs with knowledge that the Plaintiffs had been deceived by
15 having not been informed that the loans they took out were designed and intended to
17 and direct result, Defendants have been unjustly enriched by the payments of the
18 Plaintiffs on the notes and by the profits earned by Defendants from the declaration of
19
default, the commencement and advancement of foreclosure, and/or the foreclosure sale
20
of Plaintiffs’ properties.
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126. The lenders and investors in mortgage-backed securities, the Defendants
22
Lenders and Securitizers previously named herein, have obtained bailout money from the
23
United States Treasury and the Federal Reserve in the amount of trillions of dollars for
24
the stated purpose of compensating the lenders and investors for losses sustained due to
25
the alleged default in on residential mortgage loans including those of Plaintiffs.
2 including, have used those funds to repay credit default swaps, to repay investors who
3 funded Plaintiffs’ loans and/or to settle the lawsuits of those investors against the
4 securitizing banks for fraud, including those Defendants previously named as securitizers
5
and servicers, with such use of those funds having extinguished the obligation reflected by
6
the notes, the right to collect on the notes, and the right to initiate foreclosures on
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Plaintiffs’ homes.
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128. Each and every Plaintiff has a deed of trust that states that the beneficiary
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and/or beneficiary as the nominee of the lender is MERS, and each and every Plaintiff has
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been or is likely to be declared in default by a party not entitled to declare the default.
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129. The entities that are giving notice that they will foreclose on the homes of the
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13 Plaintiffs are not MERS and are not the lenders that originated the deeds of trust and are
15 Facts as to the Plaintiffs whose residential properties are now Bank REO’s
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13 16, 2007 on his property at 1580 Trainer Way, Sparks, Nevada for
14 $250,000. The property was declared in default and sold by Cal Western
1 Loans, Inc. as the lender and which listed MERS as beneficiary. The
12
13 Loan Trust, Series 2006-OP1 Asset Back Pass-Through Certificates, as an
14 REO.
16 Trust dated June 13, 2007, in the amount of $210,000 related to her
j. Servidio also executed a deed of trust on 2750 Plumas St., #102, Reno,
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13 lender and MERS as the beneficiary for $108,000.00. The property was
15 2009, to the Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificate Holders
11 servicers for the payments allegedly for the mortgages or the homes have been conveyed
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12 to parties stating that they are the trustee for the beneficial owners of the deeds of trust,
13 but none of those entities that claim to have title to the homes of these Plaintiffs are
14 MERS or the nominee of the lender on the deeds of trust or a proper beneficiary under the
15
deeds of trust.
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134. None of the parties acting as a trustee, including but not limited to,
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Defendants Quality Loan Service Corp., T.D. Service Company, California Reconveyance
18
Company, National Default Servicing Corporation, T.D. Service Co., ReconTrust
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Company, in the noticing of the sales of the PETER M. BEEKHOFF, VALERIE R.
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BRANCA, CASIMIRO JIMENEZ-GRANADOS, JAMI D. MCHENRY and STEVEN W.
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22 WALLACE, GILBERTO J. MENDOZA AND GABRIELLE MENDOZA, PAMELA PENNY
23 (aka PAMELA RUTHERFORD) and ANTONIO SERVIDIO properties had the authority to
24 conduct the sale on behalf of MERS as the purported beneficiary under the respective
25 deeds of trust related to the properties, or on behalf of any party to whom MERS may
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13 137. The Defendants or alleged purchasers have recorded these deeds and have
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13 PIZZUTO and DARREN DISMUKE, WOJCIECH and MARIOLA POLANSKI,
1 MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and belief, EMC was later
Franklin told the Plaintiffs that the note could be modified, but the
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Defendant has failed and refused to modify the note so that the
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13 Plaintiffs can keep the payments current. The foreclosing entity is Cal-
17 Inc. for $357,500 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and
18 belief, America’s Servicing Co. became the servicer at a time known to
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the Defendants.
20
Anderson also executed a Deed of Trust on his property located at
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865 Sunny Lane, Fernley, Nevada, on May 2, 2007 with Summit
22
Funding Inc, for $345,000 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon
23
information and belief, America’s Servicing Co. became the servicer
24
at a time known to the Defendants.
25
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13 Stanton Lane, Fernley, Nevada on December 20, 2005 with
17 Recontrust Company.
18 e. JOSE AURELIO APOLINAR executed a deed of trust on his property
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at 5202 Simons Dr., Reno, Nevada on January 19, 2007 with
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American Brokers Conduit for $312,000 and MERS as the beneficiary.
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Upon information and belief, American Brokers Conduit became the
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servicer at a time known to the Defendants.
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f. JESUS L. AREVALO executed a deed of trust on his property at 4322
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Oasis Valley Avenue, North Las Vegas, Nevada on December 8, 2006
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with Countrywide Home Loans, Inc for $279,620 and MERS as the
Sparks Nevada on August 28, 2007 with Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. for
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13 $384,096 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and belief,
2 Service Corp.
3 Beekhoff also executed a deed of trust on his property at 1377 Brooke
4 Way, Gardnerville, Nevada on October 18, 2006, with First Horizon
5
Home Loan Corp. for $241,5000 and MERS as the beneficiary on
6
October 18, 2006. Upon information and belief, First Horizon
7
became the servicer at a time known to the Defendants. The
8
foreclosing entity is Quality Loan Service Corp.
9
Beekhoff also executed a deed of trust on his property at 1125 Miller
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Street, Reno, Nevada on April 25, 2005, with First Horizon Home
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Loan Corp., for $560,000 and MERS as the beneficiary on April 25,
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13 2005. Upon information and belief, First Horizon became the
16 11th Street, Reno, Nevada on November 20, 2006, with MLSG, Inc.,
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13 Quiet Meadow Court, Reno, Nevada on March 11, 2006 with
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Co., Inc., for $644,000 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information
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13 and belief, First Horizon became the servicer at a time known to the
14 Defendants.
17 October 20, 2006, with Stearns Lending, Inc., in the amount of $125,000
18 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and belief, Countrywide
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became the servicer at a time known to the Defendants.
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s. DIMITRI O. DINTCHEV, executed a deed of trust on his property at
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6401 Peavine Hills Avenue, Reno, Nevada on November 3, 2006, with
22
Southstar Funding, in the amount of $560,000 and MERS as the
23
beneficiary. Upon information and belief, EMC Corporation became the
24
servicer at a time known to the Defendants. The foreclosing entity is
25
Quality Loan Service Corp.
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13 v. CASIMIRO JIMENEZ GRANADOS, executed a deed of trust on his
14 property at 1580 Trainer Way, Reno, Nevada on April 16, 2007, with
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13 693 and 691 Leslie Court, Fallon, Nevada on August 8, 2008, with
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13 Servicing Co., became the servicer at a time known to Defendants.
15 658 and 660 Leslie Court, Fallon, Nevada on August 30, 2007, with
657 and 659 Leslie Court, Fallon, Nevada on August 30, 2007, with
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13 beneficiary. Upon information and belief, Bank of America became the
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13 $219,849 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and belief,
12
13 of $358,710 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and
16 Corporation.
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13 Nevada on January 13, 2006, with Home Mortgage Direct Lenders in
2 at 830 Alena Way, Sparks, Nevada, on June 26, 2009, with Diablo
3 Funding Group, in the amount of $248,00 and MERS as the
4 beneficiary. Upon information and belief, Countrywide became the
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servicer at a time known to Defendants.
6
mm. GARY A NEWTON, executed a deed of trust on his property at
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1125 Harbour Cove Court, Sparks, Nevada on May 10, 2007, with
8
Sierra Pacific Mortgage, Inc., in the amount of $630,000 and MERS as
9
the beneficiary. Upon information and belief, America’s Servicing
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13 NEWTON also executed a deed of trust on his property at 1113
14 Harbour Cove Court, Sparks, Nevada, on May 16, 2005, with Stearns
2 on their property at 3654 Winner Dr., Las Vegas, Nevada on May 25,
3 2007, with First Horizon Home Loans in the amount of $150,000 and
4 MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and belief, Countrywide
5
became the servicer at a time known to Defendants.
6
pp. WOJCJECH POLANSKI and MARIOLA POLANSKI, executed a deed
7
of trust on their property at 10562 Thistle Berry Court, Reno, Nevada,
8
on February 27, 2007, with Countrywide Bank, NA, in the amount of
9
$255,500 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and belief,
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13 qq. RANDALL H. and JUNE ANN REES, executed a deed of trust on
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13 foreclosing entity is Recontrust Company.
15 2150 Sutro Street, Building B, Reno, Nevada on April 12, 2006, with
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13 Servidio also executed a deed of trust on his property at 2750 Plumas
12
13 $161,000 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and belief,
12
13 information and belief, Countrywide Home Loans became the
15 Recontrust Company.
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13 the beneficiary. Upon information and belief, ASC/Wells Fargo
17 Vegas, Nevada, on May 12, 2006, with Paragon Home Lending, LLC
18 in the amount of $225,000 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon
19
information and belief, Bank of America became the servicer at a time
20
known to Defendants. She also executed a deed of trust on her
21
property at 10343 Ednor Court, Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 31,
22
2004, Greenpoint Funding Mortgage Inc. in the amount of $168,000
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and MERS as the beneficiary on March 31, 2004. Upon information
24
and belief, Chase became the servicer at a time known to Defendants.
25
She also executed a deed of trust on her property at 8160 Finch
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13 $356,000 and MERS as the beneficiary. Upon information and
15 Defendants.
1 139. Plaintiffs incorporate each and every paragraph of this Complaint as if fully
default were discharged when the investors in the mortgage backed securities claims were
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13 and/or federal bailout funds and other monies paid to the investors who owned the notes
14 and obligations and/or to the Defendants or bank holding companies who disbursed the
15 monies in such fashion as to extinguish the obligations of Plaintiffs to repay the monies
17 143. Neither the investors in the mortgage backed securities nor any other entity
18 or person who had a right to payment from the borrowers or was a beneficiary under the
19
deeds of trust ever declared a default of the notes executed by Plaintiffs.
20
144. No true beneficiary under the deed of trust ever declared a default under the
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note and deed of trust.
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145. No true and no beneficiary under the deed of trust ever directed a sale of any
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of the properties owned by Plaintiffs in which MERS is named as beneficiary or nominee
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of the beneficiary/lender at issue in this action.
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1 146. The servicers of the notes have no contract with the Plaintiffs, no investment
2 in the mortgage backed securities, and no right to declare a default on the note and the
3 allegations by the servicers including the Defendants herein in the notices of default and
4 election to sell the Plaintiffs’ properties. Therefore, any statement that “the beneficiary
5
has declared a default and directed that the property be sold” is not true, and the
6
Defendant servicers who have made that false representation knew or should have known
7
at the time each and every such notice was executed, mailed and recorded that those
8
allegations were false.
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147. Foreclosure against the properties of the Plaintiffs cannot commence without
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the persons or entities to whom the obligation under the notes are owed.
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13 148. After the debts on the notes were discharged to the investors, the
14 assignments of the deeds of trust and notes, the designations of substitute trustees and
15 substitute beneficiaries, the declarations of default and directions to sell the properties,
16 the notices of default and election to sell, the notices of sale and the foreclosure sales were
17 nullities and transferred nothing to the entities now seeking to foreclose on the Plaintiffs’
18 properties or claiming to own the Plaintiffs’ properties as bank REO’s.
19
149. No person or entity with any legal right to declare a default and direct a sale
20
on any of the Plaintiffs’ notes and/or deeds of trust naming MERS as beneficiary or
21
nominee of the beneficiary/lender ever declared a default and directed a sale of any such
22
property of Plaintiffs herein.
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150. As a direct and proximate result of the unlawful and wrongful
24
commencement and advancement of foreclosure proceedings by Defendants complained
25
of herein, the Plaintiffs who have been subjected to such actions by Defendants have
1 suffered damages, including, without limitation, economic damages, severe and disabling
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152. Plaintiffs incorporate each and every paragraph of this Complaint as if fully
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153. Defendants’ deceptive scheme as alleged herein unjustly enriched
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Defendants, and each of them, to the detriment of Plaintiffs, and similarly situated class
14
members, by causing Defendants, and each of them, to receive monetary payments from
15
16 Plaintiffs and the class members and money to which Defendants were not entitled
17 because the Defendants did not fund the loans of the Plaintiffs.
18 154. Specifically, Plaintiffs and class members have been injured in the property
19 and right to peaceful enjoyment of their primary residence in a variety of ways, including
20 but not limited to: All borrowers who were targeted for and lured into the mortgages sold
21 by Defendants were handicapped in understanding the terms of those loans. This
22
constituted a misrepresentation that caused Plaintiffs to make their monthly payments
23
from the cash that represented the equity in their home to the Defendants. Moreover,
24
upon information and belief, the variety of additional and separate payments charged for
25
services and other items tangential to the loan were prohibitive. The result is that
1 Plaintiffs, and each class member, assumed financial burdens that they would not
2 otherwise have assumed, and paid Defendants funds to which the Defendants were not
3 entitled nor owed.
4 155. The loans made to Plaintiffs and to each class member were then
5
repackaged, reassigned, and/or resold, each with a margin of profit for the assignee/buyer
6
that would not otherwise have existed had Plaintiffs and all other members of the class
7
not been deceived by the original terms of the loan and/or the lack of disclosures as
8
alleged herein. Likewise Plaintiffs would not have continued to make payments on the
9
loans if the Defendants had properly disclosed the discharge of the obligations on the
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156. Plaintiffs and each class member have paid or continue to pay an inflated
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13 interest rate that, upon information and belief, would not have been agreed to but for the
14 failure to understand the documents and otherwise disclose the true terms and costs of
16 157. Upon information and belief, Defendants, and each of them, retained and
17 continue to retain these ongoing and escalating profits to the detriment of Plaintiffs and
18 each class member, contrary to the fundamental principals of fairness, justice, and good
19
conscience.
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158. Upon information and belief, all payments made to the Defendants servicing
21
the Plaintiffs’ mortgages are not due to the Defendants who are or were making demands
22
for collection.
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159. The Defendants who have serviced the loans of the Plaintiffs did not fund
24
the loans, did not loan any money to the Plaintiffs, and are not holders in due course of
25
the notes of the Plaintiffs and have no lawful right to foreclose upon Plaintiffs’ homes if
1 Plaintiffs do not make the payments according to the notes that were executed by
12
13 (As to Defendants MERSCORP, Inc., MERS, Inc., Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae,
14 GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., National City Mortgage, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank,
15 N.A., CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., HSBC Mortgage
16 Corporation, U.S.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., GE Money Bank, Bank of
17 America, N.A., United Guaranty Corporation, PNC Financial Services Group,
18 Inc., National City Corporation, National City Bank, LaSalle Bank, and
19 Merrill Lynch)
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21 163. Plaintiffs incorporate by this reference each and every paragraph of this
23 164. Upon information and belief, Defendants MERSCORP, Inc., MERS, Inc.,
24 Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
25 CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., HSBC Mortgage Corporation, Wells
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1 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., National City Corporation, National City Bank,
2 LaSalle Bank, and Merrill Lynch (hereinafter in this Third Claim for Relief collectively
3 referred to for purposes of this Third Claim as the “Defendant conspirators”), and each of
4 them, did knowingly and willfully conspire and agree among themselves to engage in a
5
conspiracy to promote, encourage, facilitate and actively engage in wrongful foreclosures
6
perpetrated on Plaintiffs as alleged herein and the actions of the Defendant conspirators
7
were taken as part of the business policies and practices of each Defendant conspirator in
8
participating in the MERS system.
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165. The MERS system was known by Defendant conspirators as being used by
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the Defendant co-conspirators named in the First Claim for relief to facilitate the wrongful
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13 166. Specifically, the MERS system was designed to remove the need for
14 recordation of transfers of deeds of trust as alleged herein. This component of the design
15 of the MERS System facilitated the wrongful foreclosures complained of herein by making
16 it easier to transfer the purported beneficial interest in a deed of trust and to appoint a
17 trustee for the purpose of foreclosing on a property, despite the fact that the deed of trust
18 no longer provided security for a note as a result of the note having been separated from
19
the deed of trust as alleged herein.
20
167. The MERS system does not track the transfer of the note.
21
168. The MERS system does not track the identity of the holder of the note.
22
169. Upon information and belief, the Defendant conspirators are or have been
23
creators and/or directors of MERSCORP, Inc., MERS, Inc. and/or members of the MERS
24
system, and, as to Defendant conspirators, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, GMAC Mortgage,
25
L.L.C., National City Mortgage, and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., have, through their
1 employees and agents, served as members of the Board of Directors of MERSCORP, Inc.
2 and/or MERS, Inc., and participated in the design and coordination of the MERS system
3 described in this complaint.
4 170. Defendants’ participation as shareholders, directors, operators, or members
5
of MERSCORP, Inc. and/or MERS, Inc. are as follows:
6
a. Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home
7
Loans, Inc., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch, United Guaranty Corporation, and
8
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. are each Shareholders of MERSCORP, Inc.
9
b. MERSCORP, Inc. is the operating company that owns and operates the
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MERS System described herein, and is the parent company of Mortgage Electronic
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13 c. Defendants Freddie Mac, MERSCORP, Inc., National City Mortgage, Fannie
14 MAE, and United Guaranty Corporation are directors of MERS, Inc. and/or MERSCORP,
15 Inc.
17 City Mortgage, National City Bank, and its division, First Franklin Financial Corporation,
18 National City Corporation, PNC Financial Services Group, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
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CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., HSBC Mortgage Corporation, U.S.A.,
20
GE Money Bank, Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., LaSalle Bank, N.A.,
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United Guaranty Corporation, and Merrill Lynch are Members of MERS, Inc.
22
171. Whenever this Complaint refers to any corporation's act, deed, or transaction,
23
it means that such corporation engaged in the act, deed, or transaction by or through its
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members, officers, directors, agents, employees, or other representatives while they
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1 actively were engaged in the creation, management, direction, control, or transaction of its
2 business or affairs.
3 FOURTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF
4
(Conspiracy to Commit Fraud by Creation, Operation and Use of the MERS
5
System)
6
(As to Defendants MERSCORP, Inc., MERS, Inc., Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae,
7
GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., National City Mortgage, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank,
8
N.A., CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., HSBC Mortgage
9
Corporation, U.S.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., GE Money Bank, Bank of
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Inc., National City Corporation, National City Bank, LaSalle Bank, and
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Merrill Lynch)
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14 172. Plaintiffs incorporate by this reference each and every paragraph of this
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Complaint as if set forth fully herein.
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173. Upon information and belief, Defendants MERSCORP, Inc., MERS, Inc.,
17
Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
18
CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., HSBC Mortgage Corporation, Wells
19
Fargo Bank, N.A., GE Money Bank, Bank of America, N.A., United Guaranty Corporation,
20
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., National City Corporation, National City Bank,
21
LaSalle Bank, and Merrill Lynch (hereinafter in this Fourth Claim for Relief collectively
22
23 referred to for purposes of this Fourth Claim as the “Defendant conspirators”), and each
24 of them, did knowingly and willfully conspire and agree among themselves to engage in a
practices perpetrated on Plaintiffs whereby loans were made Plaintiffs using underwriting
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1 guidelines that disregarded the Plaintiffs’ ability to repay the loan and which were
others and implemented by, the Defendants named as originators, and which
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13 considered as standard in the industry and which previous underwriting guidelines
14 included consideration of factors which included, but were not limited to, the borrower’s
15 capacity to repay the loan, the borrower’s credit rating, and the value of the collateral
17 176. All Plaintiffs were advised by the lenders who were acting for the lenders,
18 servicers and sercuritizers on each loan, defined herein, that Plaintiffs were qualified for
19
the loans described herein, although such representations were known to those
20
Defendants to be false, or were made without intentional or reckless disregard to the truth
21
or falsity of the representations.
22
177. The Defendants described in the preceding paragraph intended that the
23
Plaintiffs would rely on the representations related to their qualification on the loans.
24
178. All Plaintiffs reasonably relied and had a right to so rely on the
25
representations of Defendants that they were qualified to take out the loans, evidenced by
1 their execution of the notes and deeds of trust described herein. Plaintiffs were damaged
representations were material, as Plaintiffs would not have paid money to the Defendant
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13 181. The Defendant servicers intended that the Plaintiffs rely on the
16 servicers, and the servicers, and any party for whom the servicer was collecting funds was
1 186. As alleged below, the MERS system facilitated securitization and transfer of
2 loans.
3 187. Upon information and belief, the Defendant conspirators are or have been
4 shareholders in MERSCORP, Inc., MERS, Inc. and/or members of the MERS system, and,
5
as to Defendant conspirators, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C.,
6
National City Mortgage, and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., have, through their
7
employees and agents, served as members of the Board of Directors of MERSCORP, Inc.
8
and/or MERS, Inc., and participated in the design and coordination of the MERS system
9
described in this complaint.
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13 a. Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home
14 Loans, Inc., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch, AIG United Guaranty Corporation,
15 and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. are each Shareholders of MERSCORP, Inc.
16 b. MERSCORP, Inc. is the operating company that owns and operates the
17 MERS System described herein, and is the parent company of Mortgage Electronic
18 Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS, Inc.”).
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c. Defendants Freddie Mac, MERSCORP, Inc., National City Mortgage, Fannie
20
MAE, and AIG United Guaranty Corporation are directors of MERS, Inc. and/or
21
MERSCORP, Inc.
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d. Defendants Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., National
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City Mortgage, National City Bank, and its division, First Franklin Financial Corporation,
24
National City Corporation, PNC Financial Services Group, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
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CitiMortgage, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., HSBC Mortgage Corporation, U.S.A.,
1 GE Money Bank, Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., LaSalle Bank, N.A., AIG
2 United Guaranty Corporation, and Merrill Lynch are Members of MERS, Inc.
3 189. Whenever this Complaint refers to any corporation's act, deed, or
4 transaction, it means that such corporation engaged in the act, deed, or transaction by or
5
through its members, officers, directors, agents, employees, or other representatives while
6
they actively were engaged in the management, direction, control, or transaction of its
7
business or affairs.
8
190. Beginning at a time unknown to the Plaintiffs, prior to 2004, and continuing
9
through at least the present, the Defendant co-conspirators engaged in a conspiracy to
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through issuing predatory loans as described herein, and through securitization and
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13 subsequent processes described herein.
14 191. MERS, Inc. and/or MERSCORP, Inc. arranged for bilateral and multilateral
1 Defendants MERSCORP, Inc. and MERS, Inc. for the specific purpose of MERS, Inc.
2 being designated as a sham “beneficiary” in the original deeds of trust securing those
3 loans, including the loan made to Plaintiffs and other similarly situated individuals by
4 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. National City Bank and/or its division First Franklin; and
5
c. Defendant conspirators intentionally created, managed, operated and
6
controlled the MERS system with the unlawful intent and for the unlawful purpose of
7
making it difficult or impossible for Plaintiffs and other victims of such industry-wide
8
predatory policies and practices to identify and hold responsible the persons and entities
9
responsible for the unlawful actions of Defendant Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., MERS,
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Inc., National City Bank and/or its division First Franklin and their co-conspirators.
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193. Upon information and belief, Defendant conspirators, through creation of the
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13 MERS system alleged herein, adopted and implemented residential lending underwriting
15 a. were intended to, and did, generate unprecedented profits for the Defendant
16 conspirators and their co-conspirators at the expense of Plaintiffs and other persons who
17 were fraudulently induced by the Defendant conspirators and their co-conspirators into
18 taking out residential loans that were known by the Defendant conspirators and their co-
19
conspirators, at the time the loans were originated, and
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b. were likely to result in foreclosure on those loans and loss by Plaintiffs and
21
other borrowers of their homes, with reckless disregard and intentional indifference by
22
the Defendant conspirators and their co-conspirators of the likelihood of such foreclosure.
23
212. Removing real estate transaction records from the public record maintained
24
by the county clerks prevents oversight of real estate transactions by the public and by
25
public officials.
1 194. MERSCORP, Inc. informed its co-conspirators that using the MERS system
documents and the corresponding corporate name on the MERS System because the
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MERS System is not the legal system of record of ownership of mortgage loans.”
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13 196. Upon information and belief, the MERS system was created for the unlawful
14 purpose of hiding and insulating the brokers and originators of predatory toxic loans from
16 lenders who originated loans that named MERS as the beneficiary of the following:
17 a. MERS would never own or acquire any actual beneficial interest in any loan
18 in which it was named as beneficiary under the deed of trust, and that
19
b. MERS could be named as beneficiary for purposes of public notice and
20
notice to the borrower and would act in that capacity if so designated by the lender who
21
originated the loan.
22
197. Upon information and belief, the intent and purpose of the Defendant
23
conspirators and their co-conspirators in the creation, management, operation and
24
control of MERS was, without limitation, to make it impossible for the borrowers, their
25
attorneys, the courts, the government, and anyone other than the Defendant conspirators
1 who created and controlled MERS to identify the actual beneficial owner of any particular
2 loan or the property which was the collateral securing that loan until such time, if any,
3 that foreclosure action was initiated. As a result, Plaintiffs, and other similarly situated
4 individuals, were deprived of the right to attempt to modify their toxic loans, as the true
5
identity of the actual beneficial owner was intentionally hidden from Plaintiffs and other
6
similarly situated individuals.
7
198. MERSCORP, Inc.’s marketing materials also promise Members with
8
assistance with foreclosures. MERSCORP, Inc. and/or MERS, Inc. have publicly stated:
9
“MERS has assembled a Foreclosure Manual to provide a state-by-state guideline for our
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13 creating the MERS system, which was dependent on fraudulent and deceptive practices
14 that included, but were not limited to, making loans to consumers such as Plaintiffs in
15 created a system to unlawfully deprive Plaintiffs of their interest in their Residences when
16 the Defendants know that the obligations on the notes have been extinguished.
17 200. MERSCORP, Inc. and/or MERS, Inc. offered Members increased profit.
18 MERSCORP, Inc. has publicly stated:
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a. “The MERS web site enables you to target directly your MERS® Ready
20
products and services to MERS members.”
21
b. “Commercial originators and issuers save hundreds to thousands of
22
dollars (in the case of cross-collateralized loans) in preparing and recording
23
assignments. Where the originator has not recorded a MERS as Original Mortgagee
24
(MOM) security instrument, the issuer saves the costs of assigning to the Trust by having
25
the originator assign to MERS.” (Emphasis added).
1 c. “It will reduce risk and generate more profits for lenders because the Notes
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13 TIME TO TIME; ABIDE BY ALL EXISTING MERS RULES AND
18 AND CONDITIONS.
19 (Emphasis in original).
20
202. The MERSCORP, Inc. rules and by-laws, to which MERS Members agree,
21
cannot be carried out lawfully because they require the following:
22
23 1. MERS, which shall include MERSCORP, Inc. and Mortgage
1
request. The Governing Documents shall be a part of the terms and
2
conditions of every transaction that the Member may make or have with
3
MERS or the MERS® System either directly or through a third party. The
4
Member shall be bound by any amendment to any of the Governing
5
Documents. 2. The Member, at its own expense, shall promptly,
6
or as soon as practicable, cause MERS to appear in the
7
appropriate public records as the mortgagee of record with
8
respect to each mortgage loan that the Member registers on the
9
MERS® System. MERS shall serve as mortgagee of record with
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time to time. MERS shall have no rights whatsoever to any
13
payments made on account of such mortgage loans, to any servicing rights
14
related to such mortgage loans, or to any mortgaged properties securing
15
such mortgage loans. MERS agrees not to assert any rights (other
16
than rights specified in the Governing Documents) with respect to such
17
mortgage loans or mortgaged properties. References herein to
18
“mortgage(s)” and “mortgagee of record” shall include deed(s) of trust
19
and beneficiary under a deed of trust and any other form of security
20
instrument under applicable state law. *** 6. MERS and the Member
21
agree that: (i) the MERS® System is not a vehicle for creating or
22
transferring beneficial interests in mortgage loans, (ii) transfers
23
of servicing interests reflected on the MERS® System are subject to the
24
consent of the beneficial owner of the mortgage loans, and (iii)
25
membership in MERS or use of the MERS® System shall not modify or
1
supersede any agreement between or among the Members having
2
interests in mortgage loans registered on the MERS® System.”
3
(Emphasis added).
4
5 203. The times, dates, and locations of the various meetings and
6 communications among and between the conspirators are solely within the knowledge of
7 the conspirators and have not been made public by MERS or its co-conspirators.
8 204. In addition to the allegations made related to the shareholder, director,
9
and creator conspirators, the MERS system conspiracy consisted of:
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of state and Federal lending laws, as further described in the previous claims
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for relief.
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b. The Lender, Securitizer and Servicer conspirators who agreed to use the
14
MERS system unlawfully and in violation of state and Federal laws to deceive
15
homeowners and securities purchasers by misleading them to believe that the
16
17 conspirators had legal authority to foreclose when in fact, the conspirators do not
18 have legal authority to foreclose on loans which were made part of the MERS
21 during procurement and agreed to purchase the loans knowing that the law had
22 been violated.
23
d. The Securitizer conspirators who, upon information and belief, packaged
24
and sold loans knowing that such loans were based on deeds of trust that had been
25
split from the notes, and based on loans that had been sold as part of the
1 securitization process before the loans were finalized with the borrowers.
2 Thereafter, the purported interest in the obligation, the note as evidence of the
3 obligation, and the security interest for the obligation were transferred multiple
4 times without recording the change in ownership of an interest in real property in
5
the appropriate county records. This was accomplished by the creation of the
6
private parallel record keeping service known as the MERS system, whereby
7
MERS, Inc. is named in the deed of trust which is supposed to be the security for
8
the underlying loan obligation. MERS is named as the nominee of the lender, but
9
not as the holder of the note or the actual lender. Rather, MERS is named as
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beneficiary for the purpose of deceiving the borrower and the clerk’s office where
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13 e. A securitization process that was based on loans that were made based on
15 loans as possible to fuel the securitization process to feed the demand for
16 mortgage-backed securities, the faulty and toxic nature of which loans was hidden
17 by the MERS system. As a result of MERS being named the beneficiary, and
18 through the processes described herein, the note and deed of trust are "split."
19
When the note is split from the deed of trust, then the note becomes unsecured and
20
a person holding only the note lacks the power to foreclose and a person holding
21
only a deed of trust suffers no default because only the holder of the note is entitled
22
to payment on it. The monetary effect of utilizing the MERS system, in addition to
23
the allegations set forth otherwise herein, was to hide profits and fees that were not
24
disclosed to the borrower or to the investor in the note, which, in some cases, upon
25
information and belief, were in excess of the principal value stated on the note.
1 f. The Securitizer conspirators who violated state and Federal securities laws
legal violations and document that the Lenders agreed to purchase loans from third party
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originators and to sell them to the Securitizers. The Securitizers agreed to purchase the
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13 loans and pool them with full knowledge of the contents of the loan files. The Servicers
14 agreed to foreclose with full knowledge of the loan file for each loan.
15 206. All of the conspirators continued to agree to the conspiracy over the course
16 of thousands of transactions.
17 207. Defendants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
18 GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., and National City Mortgage acted as Creators of the conspiracy.
19
They created MERS to hide their own unlawful activity as well as the activities of the co-
20
conspirators.
21
208. Defendants Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., First Franklin, and Bank of
22
America, N.A. acted as Lenders in the conspiracy.
23
209. Defendants J.P. Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
24
Bank of America, HSBC Mortgage Corporation, U.S.A., GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., PNC
25
Financial Services Group, Inc., National City Corporation, National City Mortgage, First
1 Franklin, a division of National City Bank, National City Bank, Countrywide Home Loans,
repeatedly violated Federal and state lending laws in order to originate mortgages, as
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13 b. The Defendants acting as Securitizers knowingly and by agreement
16 benefited from the MERS system as a means of preventing detection by law enforcement
1 home loans together in large bundles which were sold and turned into financial derivative
2 instruments;
3 f. The mortgage securitization process became known in financial industry
4 parlance as “slicing and dicing.” The slicing and dicing results in a pool of mortgages
5
which have lost their individual characteristics but which have a high value to those who
6
create them;
7
g. The Defendants acting as Securitizers named herein purchased mortgages
8
from the Defendants acting as Lenders named herein for securitization;
9
h. The Defendants named as Securitizers herein sold the securitized and
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pooled mortgages as asset backed financial derivatives with affirmative claims that
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Defendants were unaware of any legal issues which would affect the value of the assets
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13 backing the securities, which was untrue, as Defendants actually knew or should have
14 known that the mortgages were unlawfully obtained and subject to rescission, and knew
15 or should have known that the mortgages and promissory notes had been split and
16 therefore the note holder no longer had the right to foreclose, assuming that it ever did;
2 The co-conspirators all profited from their respective roles in the process, including, but
3 not limited to, the following pooling agreements:
4 a. Defendant and co-conspirator Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the master servicer
5
of the HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2007-2. Approximately 18% of the mortgages in
6
that loan pool were originated by Defendant Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
7
Approximately 26% of the mortgages in that pool originated from HSBC Mortgage
8
Corporation (USA). HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA) profited from packaging its
9
loans together with those of Defendant and co-conspirator Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
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b. The HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust 2006-2, was sponsored and sold by
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HSBC Bank. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. originated 13% of the loans in this
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13 instrument. HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA) originated 15% of the loans in this
14 instrument. HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA) is one of the servicers of this financial
15 derivative instrument.
17 and co-conspirator Bank of America, N.A. The Master Servicer of this financial derivative
18 instrument is Defendant and co-conspirator Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. GMAC Mortgage,
19
L.L.C. is also among the servicers. The originators of the loans pooled in this instrument
20
include Defendants and co-conspirators GMAC Mortgage, L.L.C., Countrywide Home
21
Loans, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., National City Mortgage Co.
22
d. The Banc of America Funding 2007-7 Trust was sponsored by Defendant
23
and co-conspirator Bank of America, N.A. The Master Servicer of this financial derivative
24
instrument is Defendant and co-conspirator Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. GMAC Mortgage,
25
L.L.C. is also among the servicers. The originators of the loans pooled in this instrument
2 Loans, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., National City Mortgage Co.
3 The Banc of America Funding 2007-7 Trust hired Defendants and co-conspirators Bank of
4 America, N.A., CitiMortgage, Inc., GMAC Mortgage, LLC, and National City Mortgage Co.
5
as servicers.
6
e. Defendant Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc., profited by selling its customers
7
the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2006-3. Merrill Lynch Credit
8
Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. originated the mortgage loans in that derivative
9
instrument. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is one of the servicers.
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the GSAA Home Equity Trust Series 2007-8. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is also a servicer. In
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13 the prospectus, National City Mortgage is described as a division of National City Bank.
15 and Co-conspirator First Franklin sold significant amounts of loans. Defendant and co-
1 Bank National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Bank was an originator of loans which were pooled. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
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Association is one of the servicers of the mortgage pool. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the
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13 master servicer. U.S. Bank National Association is the trustee. Countrywide Home
14 Loans, Inc. sold loans to the trust. JPMorgan Chase Bank is one of the servicers.
15 213. Upon information and belief, Plaintiffs’ loans were securitized, “sliced and
16 diced” and pooled into mortgage pools such as the ones described herein as part of the
17 conspiracy related to the creation and operation of the MERS system, and Defendants,
18 and each of them, profited from same and are liable for their acts and the acts of their co-
19
conspirators in creating the MERS system, including, but not limited to, the use of MERS-
20
approved and created documents to establish the loans (including, but not limited to, the
21
form of deed of trust), and in participating in the securitization process described herein.
22
214. Upon information and belief, Defendant conspirators utilized funds received
23
as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and (TALF) and Federal Reserve
24
payouts to further the conspiracy to defraud Plaintiffs, and others similarly situated, to
25
deprive them of their money, to deprive them of their property, to unlawfully foreclose on
1 loans made to putative class members, to pay investors in the mortgage-backed securities
2 which were comprised of the loans made to Plaintiffs and others similarly situated, to pay
3 credit default swaps and to pay bonuses to employees and officers of the Defendant
4 conspirators based on their devising the subprime mortgage-backed products which were
5
securitized by loans of the type issued to Plaintiffs and others similarly situated, and
6
collateralizing and selling such products in the United States and abroad.
7
215. As a result of Defendant conspirators’ conspiracy described herein, Plaintiffs
8
have suffered injuries which include mental anguish, emotional distress, embarrassment,
9
humiliation, loss of reputation and a decreased credit rating which has, or will, impair
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Plaintiffs’ ability to obtain credit at a more favorable rate than before the decrease in
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credit rating, the loss or anticipated loss of their Residences and other financial losses
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13 according to proof, and Plaintiffs have incurred attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter.
14 216. Defendant conspirators’ actions were wanton, willful and reckless, and justify
22 219. Plaintiffs have been issued a Notice of Default or have been scheduled for a
24 interpretation of their alleged rights to foreclose of the terms of their notes which
25 manifests the impending loss of all Plaintiffs’ homes.
1 220. Each and every Plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law to stop these
12
13 threatened foreclosures against Plaintiffs for which Defendants are not owed any
14 payments, have no lawful right to foreclose and have unlawfully deprived or attempted to
15 deprive Plaintiffs of their homes and further have failed to notify the Plaintiffs of the
2
REQUEST FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
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4 226. Plaintiffs incorporate each and every paragraph of this Complaint as if fully
5 set forth in this claim.
6
Class Definition
7
227. Plaintiffs, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a), (b)(2-3), bring this action for
8
themselves and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated under the provisions of
9
Federal and State law regarding plaintiff class actions.
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228. The class is composed of the named Plaintiffs and all others who are victims
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of the Defendants herein who originated, funded, serviced, securitized, sold, transferred,
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insured, or guaranteed residential real estate loans in the United States from 2004 to
13 2008, and/or whose loans were serviced, securitized, sold, insured or guaranteed by
14 Defendants and who have not been informed by the Defendants that a discharge of the
15 note occurred, between October 2004 and present, and this class of persons was damaged
16 or is faced with risk of damage by the origination, servicing, sale, transfer, foreclosure,
17 sale, and/or acquisition of these loans. Excluded from the class are the Defendants,
18 including any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or controlled person of the Defendants and their
19 officers, directors, agents or employees, any judge or judicial officer assigned to this
1
230. There are common questions of law and/or fact common to the class,
2 including whether the Defendants are the proper parties to foreclose on the residential
3 properties of these Plaintiffs as alleged herein, whether any such violations constituted a
4 conspiracy to commit fraud or wrongful foreclosure and/or whether Defendant’s conduct
5 resulted in unjust enrichment to them and to the detriment of the members of the class.
6 Also common to the class is the issue of whether the named Defendants acted as
7 conspirators in committing fraud in creating, operating and using the MERS system as
8 alleged in the Conspiracy to Commit Fraud in the creation, operation and use of the
9 MERS System Claim for Relief set forth above and whether the Defendants failed to give
10 notice of the discharge of the obligations under the notes to the borrowers who are
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members of this class, so that these borrowers knew that no further obligations existed.
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Typicality
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231. Plaintiffs’ claims are typical of those of the members of the class. Plaintiffs
13
and the class members were subjected to the same kind of unlawful conduct and the
14
claims of Plaintiffs and the class members are based on the same legal theories.
15
Fair and Adequate Representation of Class
16
232. Plaintiffs will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class Plaintiffs
17
represent. Plaintiffs’ interests do not conflict with the interests of the class, and Plaintiffs
18
intend on prosecuting this action vigorously.
19 233. Plaintiffs have retained experienced counsel qualified in class litigation and
20 counsel and is competent to assert the interests of the class.
21 Rule 23(b) Requirements
22 234. The unlawful acts of Defendants, as alleged herein, constitute a course of
23 conduct common to Plaintiffs and each class member. Prosecution of separate actions by
1
substantially impair or impede the ability of the individual class members to protect their
2 interests.
3 235. Injunctive and/or declaratory relief to the class is appropriate because, upon
4 information and belief, Defendants, and each of them, have acted or refused to act on
5 grounds generally applicable to the class.
6 236. Questions of law and/or fact common to the class members, including the
7 issues identified above, predominate over questions affecting only individual class
8 members, and a class action is superior to other available methods for fair and efficient
9 adjudication of the controversy. Class action treatment will allow a large number of
forum in an efficient manner, without unnecessary duplication of effort and expense that
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WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray this court enter an order providing relief as follows:
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1. For an award of damages against Defendants, and each of them, on the
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Plaintiffs’ state law claims, whether general, special or punitive as alleged above, in an
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amount to be shown at trial;
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2. For an award of attorneys’ fees and costs as provided by law;
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3. For an order of restitution on behalf of Plaintiff and class members;
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4. For a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent
19 injunction on behalf of those Plaintiffs that have sought a separate motion for temporary
20 restraining order, and MERS, in addition to each and every of their respective officers,
21 agents, employees, servants, and attorneys, and those persons in active concert or
22 participation with any of them or each of them, as specifically alleged above from
23 transferring any interest in the subject properties, from proceeding with any foreclosure
24 action as to any of the Plaintiffs’ residences and/or proceeding with any collection action
25 against the Plaintiffs, and from transferring any interest and/or proceeding with
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5. For a declaratory judgment holding that Plaintiffs’ rights were violated as
2 alleged above;
3 6. That Plaintiffs have and recover from the Defendants pre-judgment interest as
4 may be determined by statute and rule;
5 7. That this action be certified as a Plaintiffs’ class action;
6 8. Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 38, Plaintiffs demand a trial
8 9. That this Court grant such other and further relief as it deems just and proper.
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DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
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19 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 38(b), Plaintiffs hereby demand a trial
by jury to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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DATED: September 14, 2009 HAGER & HEARNE
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/s/ Robert R. Hager, Esq.
23 Robert R. Hager
Treva J. Hearne
24 Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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