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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Racketeering (RICO) Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES KOURETAS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE 

HOLDINGS, INC. and BANK OF 

AMERICA, N.A., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:13-cv-02632-MCE-KJN 

ORDER 

On August 19, 2014, the Court granted Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss, ECF 

Nos. 33, 35, without leave to amend as to Plaintiff’s claims for wrongful foreclosure and 

financial elder abuse, and with leave to amend as to Plaintiff’s claim for breach of the 

implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Mem. and Order, Aug. 19, 2014, ECF 

No. 49. Plaintiff was warned that the failure to file an amended complaint within twenty 

(20) days would result, without further notice to the parties, in the dismissal with 

prejudice of Plaintiff’s claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair 

dealing and the closing of the case. See id. Plaintiff filed a Second Amended 

Complaint—two days late—on September 10, 2014, without leave of the Court. 

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Consequently, Plaintiff’s claim for the breach of the implied covenant of good faith 

and fair dealing is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and the Clerk of the Court is directed 

to CLOSE the case. 

Defendant Nationwide Mortgage Holdings, Inc. has moved to dismiss the Second 

Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), or in the 

alternative, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (“Motion”). The Motion, ECF No. 

52, is DENIED without prejudice as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 29, 2014 

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