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Nature of Suit Code: 140
Nature of Suit: Negotiable Instruments
Cause of Action: 15:1601 Truth in Lending

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINCENT SIPE,

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

COUNTRYWIDE BANK,

 Defendants.

1:09-cv-00798 OWW DLB

ORDER TERMINATING MERS AS A 

DEFENDANT AND STRIKING 

REFERENCES TO MERS IN THE 

COMPLAINT

A July 13, 2010 memorandum decision explained that, 

although Defendant Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. 

(“MERS”) is named as a defendant in the Second Amended Complaint 

(“SAC”) and is mentioned in the SAC’s general allegations, MERS 

was not specifically named in any SAC cause of action. Doc. 53 

at 2. Plaintiffs were instructed to “clarify whether or not MERS 

is still a party to this action and, if not, whether [general] 

allegations [pertaining to MERS] should be stricken as 

irrelevant.” Id. Plaintiffs have failed to respond to this 

instruction. MERS is therefore is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

All references to MERS in the complaint are STRICKEN. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2011 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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