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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Foreclosure

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT BRANZUELA,

Plaintiff,

v.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-02498-VC 

ORDER DENYING EX PARTE 

APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY 

RESTRAINING ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 12

Branzuela’s application for a temporary restraining order is denied. Branzuela’s 

application is premised on his unsupported factual assertions that he submitted a complete loan 

modification application that was pending at the time that Chase recorded its notice of sale, and 

that he submitted a second complete loan modification application that remains pending today. 

See Cal. Civ. Code § 2923.6(c) (2019); 12 C.F.R. § 1024.41. 

Chase has produced evidence demonstrating that both assertions are false. Branzuela did 

not become the successor-in-interest to the loan until late December 2018, after the notice of sale 

was recorded. Before that date, Branzuela would not have had the right to submit a loan 

modification application. In addition, Branzuela’s January 2019 application was denied in 

February 22, 2019, and his appeal of that decision was denied in April 15, 2019, and so there is 

no application currently pending. Finally, Branzuela has not substantiated his allegations that 

Chase’s designated point of contact failed to effectively communicate Branzuela’s interest in 

pursuing loan modification to Chase. In any event, Chase reviewed Branzuela’s application.

Because Branzuela has not established a likelihood of success on the merits, or the 

existence of serious questions going to the merits, the application is denied. Alliance for the Wild 

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Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127, 1134–35 (9th Cir. 2011). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 14, 2019

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VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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