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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SIMON SERENO and GRACE SERENO No. 2:09-cv-03520-MCE-GGH

Plaintiffs,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WACHOVIA BANK; WORLD SAVINGS

BANK, FSB; EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE

SERVICES, LLC DBA ETS SERVICES,

LLC; EDDIE MOLL and DOES 1-20,

inclusive,

Defendants.

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This action arises out of a mortgage loan transaction in

which Plaintiffs Simon Sereno and Grace Sereno (“Plaintiffs”)

refinanced their home in 2006. Presently before the Court is a

Motion by Defendant Wachovia Mortgage, erroneously named

separately as Wachovia Bank and World Savings Bank (“Defendant”)

to Dismiss the claims alleged against it in Plaintiffs’ Amended

Complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be

granted pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

Defendant also filed a Motion to Strike portions of the Amended

Complaint. 

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 Because oral argument will not be of material assistance, 1

the Court deemed this matter suitable for decision without oral

argument. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 230 (g). 

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Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint alleges only state law causes

of action. Plaintiffs have also filed a Statement of NonOpposition in which they do not oppose dismissal of their Amended

Complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 

With only Plaintiffs’ state law claims remaining, this Court

ceases to have subject matter jurisdiction over the suit. The

Court declines to exercise its supplemental jurisdiction over the

remaining state causes of action and they are dismissed without

prejudice. The Court need not address the merits of Defendant’s

Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 20) as those issues are now moot.

Defendant’s Motion to Strike (Docket No. 21) is also moot. 

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Plaintiffs are cautioned against filing complaints in this

Court and then dismissing the federal claims as soon as a Motion

to Dismiss is filed.

For the reasons stated above, the case is dismissed.

The Clerk is directed to close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 26, 2010

_____________________________

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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