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Nature of Suit Code: 371
Nature of Suit: Truth in Lending
Cause of Action: 15:1640 Truth in Lending

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CONNIE HILL,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-07-0161 RRB DAD PS

v.

LOANSTAR MORTGAGEE ORDER

SERVICES, L.L.C., et al.,

Defendants.

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At the present time, this case is set for a status (pretrial scheduling) conference on

September 21, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. However, motions to dismiss have been noticed for hearing

on July 13, 2007, and August 17, 2007. The status conference will be vacated at this time, to be

rescheduled as appropriate.

The court has received plaintiff’s letter requesting emergency assistance. The

request does not meet the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7(b) and Local Rule

65-231. By order filed June 7, 2007, the court denied a previous motion for an emergency order

and advised plaintiff of the requirements of Local Rule 65-231. Plaintiff’s letter request will also

be denied for failure to comply with applicable rules.

The court has also received plaintiff’s request to enter the default of all

defendants. The clerk cannot enter the default of defendants First American Loanstar Trustee

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 If service is made on an agent authorized by statute, copies of the complaint and 1

summons must be mailed to the defendant after copies are delivered to the agent. Fed. R. Civ. P.

4(h)(1).

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Services (sued as Loanstar Mortgagee Services LLC), WMC Mortgage Corp., and Mason

McDuffie Real Estate, Inc. dba Prudential California Realty (sued as Prudential Realty) because

these three defendants have moved to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and therefore have not failed to plead or otherwise defend as provided

by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a).

The clerk cannot enter the default of defendants American Capitol Home Loans

and Financial Title because plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that service of process was

effected on these defendants. (See Pl.’s Req. to Enter Default at 3-4.) The summons and

complaint mailed to American Capitol Home Loans was returned marked unclaimed and unable

to forward. Although plaintiff alleges that the documents were re-mailed to American Capitol

Home Loans, she has not filed an amended proof of such service and states that she has not

received a return receipt. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(2) and 4(l). The summons and complaint sent

to defendant Financial Title by mail were returned marked “Moved” and were not re-mailed

because the 120-day time limit for service had lapsed.

In addition, the clerk cannot enter the default of defendants American Capitol

Home Loans and Financial Title, or the defaults of defendants Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo

Home Mortgage, Inc., and Morgan Stanley Mortgage, Inc. because plaintiff’s proof of service

shows that the defendants were not served in compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

4(h)(1). These defendants were served by certified mail sent to the entities at addresses in

California. Pursuant to Rule 4(h)(1), corporations and associations may be served by delivery of

the summons and complaint to an officer, a managing or general agent, or an agent authorized by

appointment or by law to receive service of process, or they may be served pursuant to the law 1

of the state in which the district court is located, in the manner authorized for service of

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summons on the defendant in an action brought in the courts of general jurisdiction of the state. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e)(1). In California, mail service on the corporation’s officer or agent must be

coupled with a notice and acknowledgment form and a return envelope, postage prepaid,

addressed to the sender. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 415.30(a) & (b). If the acknowledgment form is

not completed and returned, the defendant to whom the summons was mailed must be served by

another method. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 415.30(d). Plaintiff’s proof of service does not show

that copies of the summons and complaint were sent to an appropriate officer or agent for each

defendant or that the defendant was provided with an acknowledgment form and return envelope,

postage prepaid, addressed to the sender. 

Plaintiff indicates that defendant American Servicing Co. is located in Iowa. 

Under California law, defendants outside the state may be served by mail with return receipt

requested. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 415.40. However, the documents sent to defendant American

Servicing Co. were not addressed to an appropriate officer or agent.

On this record, the clerk cannot enter the default of any defendant.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s June 12, 2007 request to enter default is denied;

2. Plaintiff’s June 12, 2007 request for emergency assistance is denied; and

3. The status (pretrial scheduling) conference set for September 21, 2007, before

the undersigned is vacated.

DATED: July 10, 2007.

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