Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-5_13-cv-03963/USCOURTS-cand-5_13-cv-03963-1/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

1

JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY LITIGATION PENDING EFFFORTS TOWARD INFORMAL RESOLUTION

Matthew D. Mellen (Bar No. 233350)

Jessica Galletta (Bar No. 281179)

MELLEN LAW FIRM

411 Borel Avenue, Suite 230 

San Mateo, California 94402

Telephone: (650) 638-0120

Facsimile: (650) 638-0125

Attorney for Plaintiffs,

MERILYN FULINARA

NOE FULINARA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN JOSE DIVISION

MERILYN FULINARA, an individual; and

NOE FULINARA, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON; a business 

entity; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a business 

entity; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

 Defendants.

Case No.: 5:13-cv-03963-HRL

 

JOINT STIPULATION TO FURTHER 

STAY LITIGATION PENDING 

EFFORTS TOWARDS INFORMAL 

RESOLUTION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

[Filed Concurrently with [Proposed] Order]

Action Filed: November 15, 2012

Trial Date: None Set

Pursuant to the Civil Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California, Rule 6-2 and ADR Local Rules of the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California, Rule 304(b), the parties, Plaintiffs, MERILYN FULINARA and 

NOE FULINARA, and Defendants, BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON and BANK OF 

AMERICA, N.A., hereby stipulate that:

1. WHEREAS Plaintiffs filed the instant action August 27, 2013.

2. WHEREAS on October 28 2013, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ 

Complaint.

3. WHEREAS on November 18, 2013, Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint

4. WHEREAS on December 2, 2013, the parties agreed to extend the time for 

Defendants’ response to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint until December 12, 2013.

*E-Filed: January 6, 2014*

Case 5:13-cv-03963-HRL Document 21 Filed 01/06/14 Page 1 of 5
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2

JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY LITIGATION PENDING EFFFORTS TOWARD INFORMAL RESOLUTION

5. WHEREAS the parties continue to work diligently in hopes that this dispute can 

be resolved by way of a loan modification, and do not wish to incur any further expenses or 

expend judicial resources unnecessarily, but additional time is required to complete the loan 

modification review. The parties, therefore, agree as follows:

6. All proceedings will be stayed for one hundred and twenty days (120) days to 

allow for adequate time to process Plaintiffs’ loan modification application and review Plaintiffs

for a loan modification.

7. Pending the loan modification review, Defendants agree to postpone all

foreclosure proceedings. Defendants also agree that any noticed trustee’s sale concerning the 

subject property shall not be held while Plaintiffs’ loan modification application is under review. 

If a mutually agreeable settlement is not reached, Defendants may elect to proceed with the 

postponed trustee’s sale. In such event, counsel for Defendants shall provide Plaintiffs’ counsel 

with written notice at least 10 days prior to any scheduled trustee’s sale advising of Defendants’ 

election.

8. Defendants’ time to file and serve a responsive pleading to Plaintiffs’ Complaint 

shall be extended to 15 days after the litigation stay expires.

9. The Initial Case Management Conference and all associated deadlines, shall be 

reset by the Court following the expiration of the stay, should the case not resolve.

Case 5:13-cv-03963-HRL Document 21 Filed 01/06/14 Page 2 of 5
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

3

JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY LITIGATION PENDING EFFFORTS TOWARD INFORMAL RESOLUTION

DATED: December 6, 2013 MELLEN LAW FIRM

By: /s/ Jessica Galletta

Matthew D. Mellen

Jessica R. Galletta

Attorneys for Plaintiffs MERILYN FULINARA and 

NOE FULINARA

DATED: December 6, 2013 MCGUIRE WOODS

By: /s/ Lila Al-Marhoon__________________ 

 Lila Al-Marhoon (e-signature approved by

counsel via email on December 6, 2013 

Attorneys for Defendants BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

Case 5:13-cv-03963-HRL Document 21 Filed 01/06/14 Page 3 of 5
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

1

[PROPOSED] ORDER ON STIPULATION TO STAY LITIGATION PENDING EFFFORTS TOWARD INFORMAL RESOLUTION 

Matthew D. Mellen (Bar No. 233350)

Jessica Galletta (Bar No. 281179)

MELLEN LAW FIRM

411 Borel Avenue, Suite 230 

San Mateo, California 94402

Telephone: (650) 638-0120

Facsimile: (650) 638-0125

Attorney for Plaintiffs,

MERILYN FULINARA

NOE FULINARA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN JOSE DIVISION

MERILYN FULINARA, an individual; and

NOE FULINARA, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON; a business 

entity; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a business 

entity; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

 Defendants.

Case No.: 5:13-cv-03963-HRL

 

JOINT STIPULATION TO FURTHER 

STAY LITIGATION PENDING 

EFFORTS TOWARDS INFORMAL 

RESOLUTION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

[Filed Concurrently with [Proposed] Order]

Action Filed: November 15, 2012

Trial Date: None Set

Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation to Stay Litigation Pending Efforts Toward Informal 

Resolution, and good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED that:

1. All litigation proceedings, including but not limited to discovery and law and 

motion, are stayed for 120 days from the date of this Order to allow for adequate time for 

defendant Bank of America to process Plaintiffs’ loan modification application and review 

Plaintiffs for a loan modification

2. Defendants shall file and serve a responsive pleading to Plaintiffs’ Complaint 

within 15 days of the expiration of the litigation stay.

3. The initial Case Management Conference set for January 7, 2014, and all 

associated deadlines, is hereby vacated and shall be reset by the Court following the expiration of 

the stay, should the case not resolve.

Case 5:13-cv-03963-HRL Document 21 Filed 01/06/14 Page 4 of 5
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2

[PROPOSED] ORDER ON STIPULATION TO STAY LITIGATION PENDING EFFFORTS TOWARD INFORMAL RESOLUTION 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ___________________ _________________________

Honorable Howard R. Lloyd

1/3/14

Case 5:13-cv-03963-HRL Document 21 Filed 01/06/14 Page 5 of 5