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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 15:1640 Truth in Lending

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE L. VALLE and ELIZABETH

VALLE,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 14-CV-19-LAB-DHB

ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO

vs. DISMISS

COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE

VENTURES, LLC; AURORA LOAN

SERVICES, LLC; and QUALITY LOAN

SERVICE CORP.,

Defendants.

Plaintiffs filed this case on January 3, 2014, and Defendants promptly filed motions

to dismiss. (Doc. Nos. 6, 9, 11.) Plaintiffs have subsequently failed to file a single opposition

brief, which is of substantial consequence. Under Standing Order 4(b) of the undersigned

judge, “[a]n opposing party’s failure to file a memorandum of points and authorities in

opposition to any motion will be construed as consent to granting the motion.” The same is

true under the Court’s Civil Local Rule 7.1(f)(3)(c). 

The Court has reviewed the motions to dismiss and finds them to be meritorious. This

is a standard case in which Plaintiffs seek to contest a home foreclosure, and Defendants

make all the right arguments as to why Plaintiffs have no claims. And while there is also a

venue problem here—the home at issue is in Riverside County, in the Central District of

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California—“[d]ismissal, rather than transfer, may be appropriate where the transfer would

be futile because the case would be dismissed even after transfer.” Fowler v. Wells Fargo

Bank, N.A., 2011 WL 175506 at *2 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 18, 2011).

Defendants’ motions to dismiss are GRANTED, and this case is DISMISSED WITH

PREJUDICE.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 18, 2014

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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