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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELENA ASTURIAS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03861-RS 

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFFS' EX 

PARTE MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM 

THE JUDGMENT AND GRANTING 

THE MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL

On April 22, 2016, plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint was dismissed with prejudice 

and judgment was entered in favor of defendants. Since then, plaintiffs have retained new counsel 

who has endeavored without success to obtain the prior counsel’s files and information related to 

the case. The deadline for plaintiffs to file a notice of appeal is May 23, 2016. Plaintiffs move

“ex parte” for relief from the judgment and for an extension of time to file a notice of appeal. 

Local Rule 7-2(a) requires parties to notice for hearing all motions unless otherwise 

permitted by court order, and thus ex parte motions are not permitted. Plaintiffs did not properly 

notice this motion, and therefore their papers are stricken. 

However, plaintiffs will have an opportunity to follow proper procedure. Federal Rule of 

Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(A) permits district courts to extend the time to file a notice of appeal 

if the party seeking the extension “moves no later than 30 days after the time prescribed” and “that 

party shows excusable neglect or good cause.” Plaintiffs’ new counsel has submitted a declaration 

detailing the difficulties she has encountered trying to coordinate with plaintiffs’ prior counsel, 

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thereby demonstrating good cause for the extension. Accordingly the motion to extend time to file 

the notice of appeal is extended forty-five days. That time should allow plaintiffs properly to 

notice their motion for relief from the judgment. They are reminded that federal law—not state 

law—governs their request, and their argument should accordingly focus on the applicable federal 

procedural rules.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 23, 2016

______________________________________

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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