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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition to Quiet Title

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 However, the cause of action is the property of the estate. Turner v. Cooke, 362

F.3d 1219, 1225-26 (9th Cir. 2004); Cusano v. Klien, 264 F.3d 936, 945 (9th Cir. 2001).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Soane Tuita; Tupou Tuita, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 12-1721-PHX-JAT

ORDER

On October 17, 2012, Defendant MTC Financial filed a motion to dismiss this case.

Plaintiffs did not file a response. Instead, on October 24, 2012, Plaintiff Soane Tuita filed

a notice of removal and a notice that she had filed bankruptcy. It is unclear to the Court what

Plaintiff is seeking to remove. Therefore, that request that the, “District Court Action be

removed to this Court and the District Court Action be placed upon the docket of this Court

as an adversary proceeding” is denied.

Generally, the automatic stay provisions of the bankruptcy code do not apply to

proceedings initiated by the debtor, as is the case here. See Martin-Trigona v. Champion

Federal Savings & Loan, 1988 WL 46596, *2 (N.D. Ill. 1988); In re Hill, 39 B.R. 894, 897

(Bkrtcy. Or., 1984).1

 Accordingly, Plaintiffs must respond to the motion to dismiss or the

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Court will deem their failure to respond to be consent to the motion being granted. See Local

Rule Civil 7.2(i); Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 53 (9th Cir. 1995).

Based on the foregoing,

IT IS ORDERED that by March 20, 2013, Plaintiffs shall respond to the Motion to

Dismiss, or the Court will grant the motion for failing to comply with a Court order and

failing to prosecute (see Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(b)).

DATED this 20th day of February, 2013.

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