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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BAP)

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United 

States District 

Court

For the Northern District of California 

**E-filed 1/4/2011** 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE CURLEE C. DENNIS 

 Debtor. 

 

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No. C 10-5712 RS 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

STAY OF NON-JUDICIAL 

FORECLOSURE SALE 

This is an appeal of an order of the Bankruptcy Court dismissing the bankruptcy petition of 

appellant Curlee C. Dennis. Appearing in pro se, on January 4, 2011, Dennis filed an “Emergency 

Ex Parte Motion to Stay Foreclosure Auction of Appellant’s Property.”1

 The motion seeks an order 

precluding Cal Western Reconveyance from conducting a non-judicial foreclosure sale of Dennis’s 

home. Although the motion does not disclose when any such foreclosure sale is scheduled to take 

 

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 The motion is captioned for filing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and also bears a stamp 

indicating it was previously filed in the Bankruptcy Court on January 3, 2011. Based on telephonic 

communications to Court staff from a non-attorney purporting to speak on Dennis’s behalf, 

however, it appears that Dennis is seeking relief from this Court. Although the notice of appeal 

contained a reference to a possible stay pending appeal, this is the first time Dennis has filed any 

motion in this Court seeking any kind of stay, or otherwise requesting immediate relief. 

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place, the Court will presume that it is sufficiently imminent that expedited consideration of the 

request is warranted. 

Dennis has failed to establish any basis for this Court to enjoin the foreclosure sale. As an 

initial matter, it is not evident that jurisdiction would lie in this bankruptcy appeal to enjoin the sale 

in any event. While it might be possible, if circumstances warranted, to stay the effect of the 

dismissal order that is under appeal, with whatever consequences to the foreclosure process that 

might or might not have, Cal Western Reconveyance is not a party to the bankruptcy proceedings or 

this appeal. 

Furthermore, even if the propriety of the foreclosure were properly before the Court, 

Dennis’s conclusory assertions that Cal Western may not legally proceed are insufficient to support 

issuance of what would be, in effect, a temporary restraining order. See Winter v. N.R.D.C., Inc., 

129 S.Ct. 365, 374 (2008) (a party seeking preliminary relief must, “establish that he is likely to 

succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, 

that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest.”). 

Dennis relies on a “forensic loan audit” she obtained, but that document does not constitute 

admissible evidence and is replete with legal conclusions, at least some of which appear to be 

contrary to case law. Accordingly, the motion is denied. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 1/4/11 

RICHARD SEEBORG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT A HARD COPY OF THIS ORDER WAS MAILED TO: 

Curlee C. Dennis 

13763 Campus Drive 

Oakland, CA 94605

DATED: 1/4/11 

 /s/ Chambers Staff 

 Chambers of Judge Richard Seeborg 

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