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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN HARRY LUCORE, SR.; et al.,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 12-CV-1288 BEN (WVG)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION 

TO DISMISS

[Docket No. 4]

vs.

JUDGE PETER W. BOWIE; et al.,

Defendants.

Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. (Docket No. 4.) For the reasons

stated below, the Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.

BACKGROUND

On August 25, 2011, Steven Harry Lucore, Sr. and Judy Lynne Lucore filed a Voluntary

Petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. 

See In re Lucore and Lucore, 11-14196-PB13 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 2011) (“Bankruptcy Action”). The

Bankruptcy Action was assigned to United States Bankruptcy Judge Peter Bowie. On September 27,

2011, the California Housing Finance Agency filed a Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay relating

to a piece of real property in the Bankruptcy Action. During the hearing on the Motion for Relief from

Automatic Stay, Mr. Lucore requested that a jury decide the motion. Judge Bowie denied Mr.

Lucore’s request.

On May 29, 2012, the Lucores filed the present action against Judge Bowie and the United

States. The Complaint alleges deprivation of the Lucores’ right to a jury trial, negligence by Judge

Bowie for failure to properly adjudicate the bankruptcy case, violation of the Lucores’ due process

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