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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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ORDER (No. 3:15-cv-04945-LB) 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

San Francisco Division 

BRIAN COPPEDGE, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-04945-LB 

ORDER 

Re: ECF No. 10 

The plaintiffs originally sued PHH Mortgage Company on April 21, 2015 in state court to 

quiet title. (See Notice of Removal, ECF No.1; Joint Status Update, ECF No. 10.) The original 

complaint did not name HUD. (Joint Status Update, ECF No. 10.) Before they served PHH, PHH 

transferred title to HUD, and the plaintiffs then filed a first amended complaint adding HUD as a 

defendant. (See id.; First Amended Complaint, ECF No. 1-1.) Thus, PHH is not a property owner 

of record, the plaintiffs are not now proceeding against PHH, and they plan to file an amended 

complaint only if and when PHH becomes the property owner of record. (See Joint Status Update, 

ECF No. 10 at 2.) Under the circumstances, and given that PHH has not been served and the 

plaintiffs do not intend to serve them currently, the court’s inclination is that it should dismiss 

PHH without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). By January 14, 2016, the 

parties must confer and then file a short joint statement with their positions on this approach. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 5, 2016 

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LAUREL BEELER 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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