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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

ROSALIO ALVAREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 5:15-cv-04204-HRL 

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR 

UNIT FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE 

CONFERENCE

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 2-3, the court refers this 

foreclosure-related action to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Unit for a telephone 

conference to assess this case's suitability for mediation or a settlement conference. Plaintiff and 

defendant’s counsel shall participate in a telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit 

as soon as possible but no later than October 30, 2015.

Plaintiff and defendant’s 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.

The parties need not submit written materials to the ADR Unit for the telephone 

conference.

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In preparation for the telephone conference, plaintiff shall do the following:

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

they have merit.

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

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

information and documents customarily needed to support a loan modification 

request. Further, plaintiff shall immediately notify defendant’s counsel of the 

request for a loan modification.

(3) Provide counsel for defendant 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.

(4) In preparation for the telephone conference, counsel for defendant shall do the 

following.

(5) If defendant is unable or unwilling to do a loan modification after receiving notice 

of plaintiff's request, counsel for defendant shall promptly notify plaintiff to that 

effect.

(6) 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 that the telephone conference 

will be held. After the telephone conference, the ADR Unit will advise the court of its 

recommendation for further ADR proceedings.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 16, 2015

______________________________________

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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5:15-cv-04204-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to:

Mary Kate Sullivan mks@severson.com, efiling@severson.com, tnl@severson.com

Megan Elizabeth Gruber meg@severson.com, efiling@severson.com, tjm@severson.com

Nikhil Bhatnagar bhatnagar.nikhil84@gmail.com

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