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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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ORDER – CASE NO. S-04-1855 FCD 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

KEITH T. TOWNS, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, 

TOWN AND COUNTRY TITLE 

SERVICES, INC., NORTH AMERICAN 

TITLE COMPANY, and DOES 1 TO 10, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. S-04-1855 FCD PAN 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT 

AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE 

COMPANY’S MOTION TO STAY 

PROCEEDINGS AND TO SUSPEND ALL 

PRETRIAL DEADLINES AND TRIAL 

DATE 

This matter is before the court on defendant Ameriquest Mortgage Company’s Motion to 

Stay Proceedings and to Suspend all Pretrial Deadlines and Trial Date (the “Motion”). Having 

considered defendant’s moving papers and plaintiff Keith Towns’ non-opposition thereto, and 

good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Motion is GRANTED as follows: 

1. This action is hereby STAYED pending a final determination from the Judicial 

Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the “Panel”) whether this action will be deemed a “tag-along 

action” and transferred to In re Ameriquest Mortgage Company Lending Practices Litigation, 

Case No. 1:05-CV-07097 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 

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ORDER – CASE NO. S-04-1855 FCD 

28 U.S.C. § 1407. Said stay of the proceedings is in the interests of judicial economy and in an 

effort to avoid inconsistent rulings and vexation of the parties. 

2. All pretrial and trial dates are suspended pending the Panel’s final determination. 

DATED: June 13, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr . 

FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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