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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1601 Truth in Lending

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

IN RE Mortgage Electronic Registration

Systems (MERS) Litigation 

MDL 09-2119-PHX-JAT 

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Gary Coleman, an individual 

Plaintiff, 

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Provident Funding Associates, LP, a

Foreign Limited Partnership, et al., 

Defendants. 

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CV 10-1549-PHX-JAT 

ORDER 

 

Pending before the Court are Defendants Provident Funding Associates, LP and Max 

Default Services Corporation’s Motion to Quash Lis Pendens (Doc. 6) and Defendants’ 

Request for Summary Disposition (Doc. 8). The Court now rules on the Motions. 

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 

On October 14, 2009 Plaintiff filed a Complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court 

alleging claims against Defendants related to the property located at 2571 East Palm Beach 

Drive, Chandler, Arizona 85249 (the “Property”). The action was later removed to this 

Court. Plaintiffs’ claims were then transferred into the Mortgage Electronic Registration 

Systems, Inc. Multi-District Litigation. This Court then remanded claims that were unrelated 

to the Multi-District Litigation, and those claims were dismissed on November 4, 2010. 

On October 3, 2011, this Court dismissed Plaintiff’s remaining claims with prejudice. 

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 During the pendency of the litigation, Plaintiff recorded two lis pendens regarding the 

Property. The first was recorded on October 14, 2009 and the second was recorded on 

January 8, 2010. Defendants now seek to quash these two lis pendens. Plaintiff filed no 

Response to Defendants’ Motion to Quash. 

II. ANALYSIS 

Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes section 12-1191(A), when an action affects title 

to real property, a lis pendens may be filed in the office of the county recorder to give notice 

of the pendency of an action or a defense. Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 12-1191(A). Because the entirety 

of Plaintiff’s Complaint has been dismissed with prejudice, the lis pendens regarding this 

action must be quashed. See, e.g., Vollmer v. Present, No. CV-10-1182-PHX-MHM, 2011 

WL 1379220, at *1 (D. Ariz. April 12, 2011) (“Because their complaint was dismissed, 

Plaintiffs are not engaged in any pending action against Defendants. Therefore, Plaintiffs 

have no statutory basis on which to premise a lis pendens.”). 

 III. CONCLUSION 

Based on the foregoing, 

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants Provident Funding Associates, LP and Max 

Default Services Corporation’s Motion to Quash Lis Pendens (CV 10-1549-PHX-JAT, Doc. 

6) is granted as follows: 

The lis pendens recorded with the Maricopa County Recorder on October 14, 2009 as 

document no. 2009-0950914 is quashed. 

The lis pendens recorded with the Maricopa County Recorder on January 8, 2010 as 

document no. 2010-0015786 is quashed. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Request for Summary Disposition 

(CV 10-1549-PHX-JAT, Doc. 8) is denied as moot. 

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The Clerk of the Court shall file a copy of this Order in MDL 09-2119-PHX-JAT and 

CV 10-1549-PHX-JAT. 

 Dated this 21st day of May, 2012. 

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