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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WACHOVIA MORTGAGE FSB,

Plaintiff(s),

 vs.

ISA ATENCIO,

Defendant(s). 

C-09-5275 MHP (BZ)

ORDER ADOPTING

MAGISTRATE

JUDGE'S REPORT

AND

RECOMMENDATION

AND REMANDING

ACTION

This action was assigned to Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman upon its removal to this

court. On March 9, 2010, Judge Zimmerman filed a Report and Recommendation and served same

on the parties on March 10, 2010, recommending that plaintiff's motion to remand be granted and its

motion for attorneys' fees and costs be denied. The matter was then assigned to this judge for action

upon the report and recommendation. No objections to the Report and Recommendation have been

filed and the time within which to file objections has expired.

This court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the papers filed herein and

finds that the Magistrate Judge's findings and conclusions are supported by the record and the case

law. This court further notes that the federal removal statute clearly provides that an action removed

on the grounds of diversity, as is the case here, may only be removed "if none of the parties in

interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is

brought." 28 U.S.C. §1441(b); see also Lincoln Property Co. v. Roche, 546 U.S. 81 (2005). It is

clear from the pleading in this case that the sole defendant is a citizen of the State of California and,

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therefore, is not a party who may remove an action from the state courts of California. 

Accordingly, for the foregoing reason and the reasons set forth in the Report and

Recommendation which is adopted in full,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is REMANDED to the Superior Court of the

State of California for the County of Alameda and the Clerk of Court shall transmit forthwith a

certified copy of this order to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Alameda County. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the application for attorneys' fees and costs is DENIED.

The Clerk of Court shall note upon the docket that all motions have been disposed of and

shall close the file.

Date: March 24, 2010 ____________________Marilyn Hall Patel

United States District Court Judge

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