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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1444 Petition for Removal- Foreclosure

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WO NOT FOR PUBLICATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Silvana M. Oraha, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-16-00722-PHX-JJT

ORDER 

 At issue is Defendant Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss 

Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 4), to which pro se Plaintiff Silvana M. Oraha filed a 

Response (Doc. 9) and Defendant filed a Reply (Doc. 10). In 2009, Plaintiff obtained a 

loan secured by a Deed of Trust on real property, which Deed of Trust is now held by 

Defendant. In the Complaint in the present action, Plaintiff alleges claims against 

Defendant for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, 

and an accounting, all with regard to the loan. 

 In its Motion to Dismiss, Defendant points out that Plaintiff filed for Chapter 7 

bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, 

Case Number 2:15-BK-15888-PS, on December 18, 2015, two months before she filed 

the present lawsuit. The bankruptcy case is still pending. Because any claim Plaintiff had 

as of the date of her bankruptcy filing, including the present action, became part of the 

bankruptcy estate, Defendant argues that Plaintiff has no standing to bring the present 

action. 

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 In opposing Defendant’s Motion, Plaintiff does not deny that she filed for 

bankruptcy protection or that her claims arose prior to her bankruptcy filing, but she 

instead asserts that the Bankruptcy Court granted Defendant leave from the automatic 

bankruptcy stay for the narrow purpose of foreclosing on the property, and she should 

thus be able to litigate her claims related to the property. Plaintiff provides no legal 

support for that proposition, however. Indeed, 11 U.S.C. § 541(a) is clear in providing 

that all of Plaintiff’s claims arising prior to commencement of her bankruptcy case are 

held by the bankruptcy trustee, and no evidence exists that the bankruptcy estate 

abandoned Plaintiff’s claims, whether in the Bankruptcy Court’s lift stay Order or 

otherwise. As a result, Plaintiff has no standing to bring her claims in this action. 

 In lieu of dismissing her claims, Plaintiff asks the Court to stay these proceedings 

pending resolution of her bankruptcy case. The Court finds no cause to stay this matter. If 

Plaintiff’s claims remain after the Bankruptcy Court resolves her case, she may bring 

them at that time. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED granting Defendant Carrington Mortgage 

Services, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 4). All of Plaintiff’s 

claims are dismissed for lack of standing. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the Clerk of Court to enter judgment 

accordingly and close this case. 

 Dated this 13th day of June, 2016. 

Honorable John J. Tuchi

United States District Judge 

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