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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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RSPM\53134\994425.1 -1- Case No. 15-cv-05534-EMC

STIPULATION PERMITTING DEFENDANT RPM MORTGAGE, INC. TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER 

DAVID E. HARRIS (Bar No. 161334) 

MILLER STARR REGALIA 

A Professional Law Corporation 

1331 N. California Blvd., Fifth Floor 

Walnut Creek, California 94596 

Telephone: 925 935 9400 

Facsimile: 925 933 4126 

Email: david.harris@msrlegal.com 

Attorneys for RPM MORTGAGE, INC., a 

California corporation d/b/a RESIDENTIAL 

PACIFIC MORTGAGE, INC., erroneously sued 

as f/k/a NL, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION as Receiver for AMTRUST 

BANK, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RPM MORTGAGE, INC., a California 

corporation d/b/a RESIDENTIAL PACIFIC 

MORTGAGE, f/k/a NL, INC., 

Defendant. 

 Case No. 15-cv-05534-EMC 

STIPULATION PERMITTING 

DEFENDANT RPM MORTGAGE, INC. TO 

FILE AMENDED ANSWER 

JUDGE EDWARD M. CHEN 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between plaintiff FEDERAL DEPOSIT 

INSURANCE CORPORATION as Receiver for AMTRUST BANK (hereinafter “FDIC-R” or 

“Plaintiff”), and defendant RPM MORTGAGE, INC., a California corporation d/b/a 

RESIDENTIAL PACIFIC MORTGAGE, f/k/a NL, INC. (“RPM” or “Defendant”), through their 

respective counsel, as follows: 

1. On December 31, 2015, RPM filed its answer to FDIC-R’s complaint. The 

answer asserted, among other claims, comparative fault and assumption of risk as affirmative 

defenses. 

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RSPM\53134\994425.1 -2- Case No. 15-cv-05534-EMC

STIPULATION PERMITTING DEFENDANT RPM MORTGAGE, INC. TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER 

2. On January 19, 2016, FDIC-R objected as to RPM’s assertions of 

comparative fault and assumption of risk as affirmative defenses. That same date, RPM agreed to 

amend its answer to remove the comparative fault and assumption of risk defenses. 

4. On January 21, 2016, the deadline for RPM to amend its answer as a matter 

of course under Rule 15(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure passed. 

5. RPM wishes to amend its answer in this case to eliminate the comparative 

fault and assumption of risk defenses. 

6. THE PARTIES HERETO STIPULATE AND AGREE, by and through 

their respective attorneys, that Defendant RPM may file an Amended Answer to Complaint in the 

above-referenced action in the form attached as Exhibit “A” hereto. The proposed Amended 

Answer eliminates the defenses of comparative fault and assumption of risk. IT IS SO 

STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 1, 2016 MORTGAGE RECOVERY LAW GROUP LLP 

By: /s/ Dana J. Clausen 

 PAUL A. LEVIN 

DANA J. CLAUSEN 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION as Receiver for AMTRUST 

BANK 

Dated: March 1, 2016 MILLER STARR REGALIA 

By: /s/ David E. Harris 

 DAVID E. HARRIS 

Attorneys for RPM MORTGAGE, INC., a 

California corporation d/b/a RESIDENTIAL 

PACIFIC MORTGAGE, INC., erroneously sued 

as f/k/a NL, INC. 

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RSPM\53134\994425.1 -3- Case No. 15-cv-05534-EMC

STIPULATION PERMITTING DEFENDANT RPM MORTGAGE, INC. TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER 

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING: 

IT IS ORDERED that Defendant RPM MORTGAGE, INC., a California 

corporation d/b/a RESIDENTIAL PACIFIC MORTGAGE, f/k/a NL, INC. may file an amended 

answer in Case No. 15-cv-05534-EMC in the form of Exhibit “A” attached hereto. 

DATED: __________________ 

 THE HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN 

3/1/16

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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