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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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Matthew D. Mellen (Bar No. 233350)

Jessica Galletta (Bar No. 281179)

MELLEN LAW FIRM

One Embarcadero Center, Fifth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 315-1653

Facsimile: (415) 276-1902

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ELIZABETH GONZALES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ELIZABETH GONZALES, an individual,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., a business entity; and 

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:14-cv-04059 EMC

STIPULATION REGARDING RELEASE OF 

FUNDS HELD BY COURT; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

WHEREAS Plaintiff initiated this action on September 5, 2014 (Dckt. 1);

WHEREAS on September 11, 2014, Plaintiff filed an Ex Parte Application for Temporary 

Restraining Order, which was granted on September 12, 2014 (Dckt. 6-7; 15); 

WHEREAS on October 10, 2014, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ request for a Preliminary 

Injunction, enjoining the foreclosure sale of Plaintiff’s property until further order by the Court. 

(Dckt. 30). 

WHEREAS Pursuant to the Order, Plaintiff was required to submit $2,000 per month to the 

Court’s registry as a condition of maintaining the Injunction Order. (Dckt. 30 at pp. 3, lns. 7-10).

WHEREAS on August 4, 2015, this action was dismissed with prejudice pursuant to a 

settlement agreement entered into between the parties. (Dckt. 58-59). The court’s prior preliminary 

injunction order was thus mooted and of no further legal effect as a result of the dismissal.

WHEREAS $10,000.00 in funds was deposited by Plaintiff into the Court’s registry, per the 

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Court’s Order, which still remains in the Court’s registry.

NOW THEREFORE the Parties hereby stipulate and agree to release to Plaintiff the funds 

held in the Court’s registry pursuant to Northern District Case Number 3:14-cv-04059 EMC. The 

Parties stipulate to release of the funds to Plaintiff’s counsel, made payable to Client Trust Account 

of Mellen Law Firm.

SO STIPULATED

DATED: October 13, 2016 WOLFE & WYMAN LLP

By: /s/ Andrew Bao

ANDREW A. BAO

Attorneys for Defendant

CITIMORTGAGE, INC. 

DATED: October 13, 2016 MELLEN LAW FIRM

By: /s/ Jessica Galletta

MATTHEW MELLEN

JESSICA GALLETTA

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ELIZABETH GONZALES

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ORDER

The Court, having reviewed the Parties’ Stipulation and finding good cause to issue an Order 

thereon, hereby grants the Parties’ stipulation to release to Plaintiff the funds held in the Court’s 

registry in Northern District Case Number 3:14-cv-04059 EMC. The funds shall be made payable to 

Client Trust Account of Mellen Law Firm.

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: ______________________

HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

10/18/16

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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