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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION TO WITHDRAW MOTION TO DISMISS 

AND CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Attorneys for Defendant, 

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LOWELL GRESHAM, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs.

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; 

DOES 1 TO 20, INCLUSIVE,

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 5:15-cv-00017-NC 

Assigned to Hon. Nathaneal Cousins 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

WITHDRAW DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS, 

CONTINUE DEFENDANT’S TIME 

TO RESPOND TO THE 

COMPLAINT, AND CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

 Plaintiff, Lowell Gresham (“Plaintiff”), by and through his attorney, Jeffery 

D. Kirk, and Defendant, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC (“Nationstar”), by 

and through its attorney, Daniel A. Valenzuela, jointly submit this Stipulation to 

withdraw Nationstar’s Motion to Dismiss scheduled for hearing on March 4, 

2015; continue Nationstar’s deadline to respond to the Complaint to March 16, 

2015; and continue the Case Management Conference scheduled for March 18, 

2015 to April 17, 2015. 

EDWARD A. TREDER 

State Bar No. 116307 

DANIEL A. VALENZUELA 

State Bar No. 283138 

BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER 

TREDER & WEISS, LLP 

400 Exchange, Suite 100 

Irvine, California 92602 

(949) 265-9940 – Phone

(949) 236-5567 – Fax 

Email: DanielVa@bdfgroup.com 

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RECITALS

1. WHEREAS, Nationstar removed this action to the U.S. District Court 

for the Northern District of California on January 2, 2015. 

2. WHEREAS, the Court set an Initial Case Management Conference 

for March 18, 2015, and a deadline to file a Case Management Statement for 

March 11, 2015. 

3. WHEREAS, Nationstar filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s 

Complaint on January 14, 2015, which is scheduled for hearing on March 4, 2015. 

Plaintiff filed an Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss on January 27, 2015. 

4. WHEREAS, on January 27, 2015, Plaintiff and Nationstar, with the 

assistance of Howard Herman, Director of the Northern District Court ADR 

program, engaged in settlement discussions. Due to the nature of the settlement 

discussed and the claims asserted in the operative Complaint, the parties agreed to 

review and jointly assess the validity of the Complaint at the ADR telephone 

conference scheduled for February 26, 2015. The parties agree that the nature of 

the settlement will impact the claims. For this reason, the parties agree to forego 

testing the pleading at this time. 

5. WHEREAS, the parties also agree that the Case Management 

Conference scheduled for March 18, 2015, should be continued for at least thirtydays so that the parties can focus their efforts on settling the matter. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, based on the foregoing, the parties, by and through 

their respective attorneys, hereby stipulate, subject to the Court’s approval, as 

follows:

 1. Nationstar hereby withdraws its Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s 

Complaint without prejudice and requests that the Court remove the hearing date 

scheduled for March 4, 2015; 

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 2. Nationstar shall file a response to the Complaint on or before March 

16, 2015. 

 3. The Case Management Conference is continued for thirty-days from 

March 18, 2015 to April 17, 2015; and the FRCP, Rule 26 Joint Status Report is 

due on April 10, 2015.

 

Dated: January 29, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY D. KIRK

 By:__________________________ 

Jeffery D. Kirk 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

LOWELL GRESHAM 

Dated: January 29, 2015 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER 

 TREDER & WEISS, LLP 

 By: /s/ Daniel A. Valenzuela 

Daniel A. Valenzuela 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LOWELL GRESHAM, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs.

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; 

DOES 1 TO 20, INCLUSIVE,

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 5:15-cv-00017-NC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER ON 

STIPULATION TO WITHDRAW 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO 

DISMISS, CONTINUE 

DEFENDANT’S TIME TO 

RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT, 

AND CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

 Pursuant to the stipulation between Plaintiff Lowell Gresham (“Plaintiff”) 

and Defendant, Nationstar Mortgage LLC (“Nationstar”), the court orders as 

follows:

 1. The Motion to Dismiss filed by Nationstar is hereby withdrawn 

without prejudice and the hearing date scheduled for March 4, 2015 is vacated; 

 2. Nationstar shall file a response to the Complaint on or before March 

16, 2015. 

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 3. The Case Management Conference is continued to April 17, 2015. 

The FRCP, Rule 26 Joint Status Report is due on April 10, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _____________, 2015 _______________________________

 HON. NATHANAEL COUSINS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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