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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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Dean Kawamoto (Bar No. 232032)

dkawamoto@kellerrohrback.com

Derek W. Loeser, admitted pro hac vice

dloeser@kellerrohrback.com

KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200

Seattle, WA 98101-3052

Tel.: (206) 623-1900

Fax: (206) 623-3384

Thomas E. Loeser (Bar No. 202724)

tomloeser@hbsslaw.com

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO L.L.P.

1301 Second Ave, Suite 2000

Seattle, WA 98101

Tel.: (206) 623-7292

Fax: (206) 623-0594

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

(Additional counsel listed on signature page)

John B. Sullivan (Bar No. 96742)

jbs@severson.com

Erik Kemp (Bar No. 246196)

ek@severson.com

Mary Kate Sullivan (Bar No. 180203)

mks@severson.com

SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel.: (415) 398-3344

Fax: (415) 956-0439

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

EUGENIO AND ROSA CONTRERAS, 

WILLIAM PHILLIPS, TERESA BARNEY, 

KEITH AND TERESA MARCEL, SHERLIE 

CHARLOT, JENNIE MILLER, and EDWIN

YAGER, on behalf of themselves and all others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, a Delaware 

Limited Liability Company; SOLUTIONSTAR, 

LLC (N/K/A XOME HOLDINGS LLC), a 

Delaware Limited Liability Company; and

DOES 1 through 1000,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-00302-MCE-EFB

STIPULATED MOTION AND 

ORDER ALLOWING PLAINTIFFS TO 

AMEND/CORRECT THE SECOND 

AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT 

AND EXTENDING TIME FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND

Action Filed: February 12, 2016

Trial Date: TBD

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STIPULATION & ORDER RE THIRD AM. CLASS ACTION COMPL. - 1

Plaintiffs Eugenio and Rosa Contreras, William Phillips, Teresa Barney, Keith and Teresa 

Marcel, Sherlie Charlot, Jennie Miller and Edwin Yager, on behalf of themselves and all others 

similarly situated (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Solutionstar Field 

Services LLC (who Defendants claim is erroneously named as Solutionstar LLC) (collectively 

“Nationstar”) (together, the “Parties”) by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby submit 

this Stipulated Motion regarding the following:

1. Through the course of discovery, Plaintiffs have received additional information regarding 

the corporate structure and identity of the Defendants which now necessitates the need to 

amend the Second Amended Class Action Complaint (“SAC”), ECF No. 50, in order to 

remove and correct a misnamed defendant.

A. Plaintiffs named Solutionstar LLC as a defendant in their SAC. 

B. In fact, the correct legal names of the Solutionstar defendant entities are: 

Solutionstar Holdings LLC, N/K/A Xome Holdings LLC, and Solutionstar Field 

Services LLC.

2. Plaintiff Edwin Yager has decided to withdraw as a named plaintiff in this matter, and 

Plaintiffs Eugenio and Rosa Contreras wish to add factual allegations to the complaint 

regarding their payment of Pay-to-Pay fees. 

3. The parties wish to conform the complaint to the Court’s Orders on the Motions to 

Dismiss, ECF Nos. 19, 79.

4. The parties met and conferred regarding the proposed corrections and amendments of the 

SAC by letter on March 24, 2020, by telephone on April 2, 2020, by letter on April 7, 

2020, by email on April 24, 2020, and by letter on April 29, 2020. On March 24, 2020,

Plaintiffs sent a redlined copy of the proposed Third Amended Class Action Complaint 

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(“TAC”) to counsel for Defendants. Pursuant to Rule 15(a)(2), on April 24, 2020,

Defendants provided written consent for Plaintiffs to amend the complaint. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 15(a)(2). On April 29, 2020, Plaintiffs sent a revised redlined copy of the proposed 

TAC to counsel for Defendants. 

5. Pursuant to Rule 15(c)(1), the TAC relates back to the date of the original pleading for the 

foregoing reasons: 

A. Pursuant to Rule 15(c)(1)(C) “the amendment changes the party or the naming of 

the party against whom a claim is asserted,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c)(1)(C), because 

the amendment removes as a named party “Solutionstar LLC” and replaces it with 

Solutionstar Holdings LLC N/K/A Xome Holdings LLC, and Solutionstar Field 

Services LLC. 

B. Pursuant to Rule 15(c)(1)(B) “the amendment asserts a claim or defense that arose 

out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set out—or attempted to be set out—

in the original pleading,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c)(1)(B), because the TAC reflects that 

Solutionstar Holdings LLC and Solutionstar Field Services LLC are responsible 

for the same conduct previously alleged against Solutionstar LLC. 

C. Pursuant to Rule 15(c)(1)(C)(ii), “within the period provided by Rule 4(m) for 

serving the summons and complaint, the party to be brought in by amendment . . . 

knew or should have known that the action would have been brought against it, but 

for a mistake concerning the proper party’s identity.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 

15(c)(1)(C)(ii). The operative SAC put Defendants Solutionstar Holdings LLC and 

Solutionstar Field Services LLC on notice of the claims against them because 

newly named Defendant Solutionstar Holdings LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary 

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of Defendant Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and newly named Defendant Solutionstar 

Field Services LLC was a wholly owned subsidiary of Solutionstar Holdings LLC, 

and both Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Solutionstar Field Services LLC (who 

Defendants claim is erroneously named as Solutionstar LLC), have been 

represented in this matter by the firm of Severson & Watson, San Francisco, 

California, since March 17, 2016.

6. Pursuant to L.R. 137(c), Plaintiffs attach as Exhibit A hereto a redlined version of the SAC

(omitting all exhibits) and attach as Exhibit B hereto the proposed TAC (omitting all 

exhibits). 

7. Plaintiffs shall file and serve the TAC on the parties to this case within seven (7) days of 

this Order granting the Stipulated Motion, and on Solutionstar Holdings LLC and 

Solutionstar Field Services LLC, pursuant to Rule 4. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4. Counsel for 

Defendants has agreed to accept service of the TAC electronically. 

8. Pursuant to Rule 15(a)(3), the deadline for Defendants to answer Plaintiffs’ TAC shall be 

fourteen (14) days after service of the TAC. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3).

The Parties therefore respectfully request the Court grant this Stipulated Motion. 

DATED this 4th day of May 2020.

By /s/ Laura R. Gerber

Dean Kawamoto (Bar No. 232032)

dkawamoto@kellerrohrback.com

Derek W. Loeser, admitted pro hac vice

dloeser@kellerrohrback.com

Gretchen S. Obrist, admitted pro hac vice

gobrist@kellerrohrback.com

Laura R. Gerber, admitted pro hac vice

lgerber@kellerrohrback.com

Rachel Morowitz, admitted pro hac vice

rmorowitz@kellerrohrback.com

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KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.

1201 Third Ave, Suite 3200

Seattle, WA 98101

Tel.: (206) 623-1900

Thomas E. Loeser (Bar No. 202724)

toml@hbsslaw.com

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO L.L.P.

1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000

Seattle, WA 98101

Tel.: (206) 623-7292

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

By /s/ Mary Kate Sullivan________________

John B. Sullivan (Bar No. 96742)

jbs@severson.com

Erik Kemp (Bar No. 246196)

ek@severson.com

Mary Kate Sullivan (Bar No. 180203)

mks@severson.com

SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel.: (415) 398-3344

Attorneys for Defendants

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 4, 2020

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