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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1444 Petition for Removal- Foreclosure

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

VICTOR J. LOBUE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOAN, INC., et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04878-BLF 

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR 

UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE 

CONFERENCE

At the Court’s March 19, 2015 Case Management Conference in the above-captioned 

action, the parties expressed their willingness to engage in a telephone conference with the Court’s 

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Unit in order to assess this case’s suitability for mediation 

or a settlement conference. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 2-3, the Court 

HEREBY REFERS this foreclosure-related action to ADR. Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ counsel 

shall participate in a telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit as soon as possible 

but no later than April 10, 2015. The parties need not submit written materials to the ADR Unit for 

the telephone conference.

A. Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ counsel shall be prepared to discuss the following 

subjects:

(1) Identification and description of claims and alleged defects in loan documents.

(2) Prospects for loan modification.

(3) Prospects for settlement.

B. In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for Plaintiffs shall do the 

following:

(1) Review relevant loan documents and investigate the claims to determine whether they 

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have merit.

(2) If Plaintiffs are seeking a loan modification to resolve all or some of the claims, 

Plaintiffs shall prepare a current, accurate financial statement and gather all of the information and 

documents customarily needed to support a loan modification request. Further, Plaintiffs shall 

immediately notify Defendants’ counsel of the request for a loan modification.

(3) Provide counsel for Defendants with information necessary to evaluate the prospects 

for loan modification, in the form of a financial statement, worksheet or application customarily 

used by financial institutions.

C. In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for Defendants shall do the 

following.

(1) If Defendants are unable or unwilling to do a loan modification after receiving notice of 

Plaintiffs’ request, counsel for Defendants shall promptly notify Plaintiffs to that effect.

(2) Arrange for a representative of each Defendant with full settlement authority to 

participate in the telephone conference.

The ADR Unit will notify the parties of the date and time the telephone conference will be 

held. After the telephone conference, the ADR Unit will advise the Court of its recommendation 

for further ADR proceedings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2015

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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