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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1444 Petition for Removal- Foreclosure

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FRANZ LAW

Commerce Plaza

900 Lafayette Street, Suite 509 Santa Clara, California 95050 Telephone (408) 940-5360 | Facsimile (408) 940-5922

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF THE ENTIRE ACTION CV-12-05735 BLF

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ELENA RIVKIN FRANZ (SBN 247387)

 elena@franzlawfirm.com

PAMELA M. SCHUUR (SBN 130073)

 pamela@franzlawfirm.com

FRANZ LAW

Commerce Plaza 

900 Lafayette Street, Suite 509

Santa Clara, CA 95050

Telephone: (408) 940-5360

Facsimile: (408) 940-5922

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Patrick D. Howard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

PATRICK D. HOWARD,

Plaintiff,

v.

FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN 

CORPORATION; METLIFE HOME LOANS, 

LLC; NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; THE 

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

CORPORATION; and DOES 1 through 10,

Defendants.

Case No. CV-12-05735 BLF

REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE OF THE ENTIRE ACTION

[F.R.C.P. 41(a)(2)]

Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff PATRICK D. 

HOWARD, through his counsel, hereby requests dismissal with prejudice of the entire action as to 

FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as successor by merger to FIRST 

HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION; NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; and THE BANK 

OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK (erroneously sued as THE BANK 

OF NEW YORK CORPORATION).

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FRANZ LAW

Commerce Plaza

900 Lafayette Street, Suite 509 Santa Clara, California 95050 Telephone (408) 940-5360 | Facsimile (408) 940-5922

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There are no cross-claims pending by or among any of the Defendants. 

Plaintiff has executed a Settlement Agreement with METLIFE HOME LOANS. 

Plaintiff has executed a separate Settlement Agreement FIRST TENNESSEE BANK 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as successor by merger to FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN 

CORPORATION; NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; and THE BANK OF NEW YORK 

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK (erroneously sued as THE BANK OF NEW YORK 

CORPORATION).

Pursuant to the executed settlement agreements, all parties have agreed to bear their own 

attorneys’ fees and costs. 

By their signatures below, counsel for the Defendants indicate their consent to Plaintiffs’ 

dismissal of the entire action with prejudice. 

DATED: January 28, 2015 FRANZ LAW

By: /s/ Elena Rivkin Franz

Elena Rivkin Franz

Attorney for Plaintiff

PATRICK D. HOWARD 

DATED: January 28, 2015 AKERMAN LLP

By: /s/ Christopher R. Fredrich

Christopher R. Fredrich

Karen P. Ciccone

Attorney for Defendant

FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION as successor by merger to FIRST 

HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION; 

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; and THE BANK 

OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW 

YORK (erroneously sued as THE BANK OF NEW 

YORK CORPORATION)

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FRANZ LAW

Commerce Plaza

900 Lafayette Street, Suite 509 Santa Clara, California 95050 Telephone (408) 940-5360 | Facsimile (408) 940-5922

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DATED: January 28, 2015 ANDERSON, MCPHARLIN & CONNERS LLP

By: /s/ Lisa Anne Coe

Carleton Burch, Esq.

Lisa Anne Coe, Esq.

Attorney for Defendant

METLIFE HOME LOANS, LLC, fka METLIFE HOME 

LOANS, a division of METLIFE BANK, N.A.

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above-entitled matter is dismissed with prejudice.

Dated: ________________________________

Judge

January 30, 2015 Beth Labson Freeman

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