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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SADIE S. SHAW,

Plaintiff,

v.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01755-JD 

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR 

UNIT 

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

the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Unit’s mortgage program for a telephone conference to 

assess this case’s suitability for mediation or a settlement conference. Plaintiff and defendants’ 

counsel will participate in a telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit as soon as 

possible but no later than September 30, 2015.

Plaintiff and defendants’ counsel will 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, plaintiff will do the following:

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

they have merit.

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

plaintiff will 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, plaintiff will 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.

In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for defendants will do the following:

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

notice of plaintiff’s request, counsel for defendants will promptly notify plaintiff to 

that effect.

(2) 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.

The case is now stayed so the parties may focus on ADR efforts first. Accordingly, all 

briefing and hearing dates relating to defendants Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

and OCWEN Loan Servicing, LLC’s pending motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 14) are vacated and 

stayed pending completion of the ADR process. Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. need not 

respond to the Complaint pending completion of the ADR process. If JPMorgan Chase Bank, 

N.A. signs a settlement agreement with plaintiff, it may ask the Court to be excused from this 

ADR process. The case management conference set for October 28, 2015 is vacated. The Court 

may re-set a date for the case management conference after the parties’ participation in the 

telephone conference with the ADR Unit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 3, 2015

________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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