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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Property

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United States District Court 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OFA TAIMANI AND ELIZABETH KIOA,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 

2013-TT2, et al.,

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-02992 YGR 

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR

UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE

CONFERENCE 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 2-3, the Court hereby refers this 

foreclosure-related action to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Unit for a telephone 

conference to assess this case’s suitability for mediation or a settlement conference. Plaintiffs and 

defendants’ counsel shall participate in a telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit 

as soon as possible but no later than August 19, 2016. 

Plaintiffs and defendants’ counsel shall be prepared to discuss the following subjects: 

(1) Identification and description of claims and alleged defects in loan documents. 

(2) Prospects for loan modification. 

(3) Prospects for settlement. 

The parties need not submit written materials to the ADR Unit for the telephone 

conference. 

In preparation for the telephone conference, plaintiffs shall do the following: 

(1) Review relevant loan documents and investigate the claims to determine whether 

they have merit. 

(2) If plaintiffs are seeking a loan modification to resolve all or some of the claims, 

plaintiffs shall prepare a current, accurate financial statement and gather all of the 

information and documents customarily needed to support a loan modification 

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request. Further, plaintiffs shall immediately notify defendants’ counsel of the 

request for a loan modification. 

(3) Provide counsel for defendants with information necessary to evaluate the 

prospects for loan modification, in the form of a financial statement, worksheet or 

application customarily used by financial institutions. 

(4) In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for defendants shall do the 

following. 

(5) If defendants are unable or unwilling to do a loan modification after receiving 

notice of plaintiffs’ request, counsel for defendants shall promptly notify plaintiffs 

to that effect. 

(6) Arrange for a representative of each defendant with full settlement authority to 

participate in the telephone conference. 

The ADR Unit will notify the parties of the date and time that the telephone conference 

will be held. After the telephone conference, the ADR Unit will advise the court of its 

recommendation for further ADR proceedings. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 7, 2016 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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