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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY A. KOVAC, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

EXCEL REALTY AND MORTGAGE, INC., et al.,

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 15-cv-04552 YGR

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS;

REMANDING ACTION 

RE: DKT. NO. 16 

Plaintiff Gregory A. Kovac brings this removed wrongful foreclosure action against 

defendants. On October 30, 2015, Defendant Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) filed a 

motion to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff failed to serve FHFA properly or in a timely manner, 

plaintiff failed to state a claim against FHFA, and plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedy 

prior to filing the action. (Dkt. No. 16.) On November 30, 2015, plaintiff filed a statement on nonopposition to defendant FHFA’s motion to dismiss. (Dkt. No. 21.) Accordingly, the Court hereby 

GRANTS FHFA’s motion to dismiss WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND. 

FHFA removed this action on the basis that its presence as a United States government 

defendant permitted removal under 28 U.S.C. section 1442(a)(1). (See Notice of Removal, Dkt. No. 

1.) The remaining defendants did not join in the removal of this action. This Order disposes of 

plaintiff’s claims against the FHFA entirely and no other party has sought to invoke this Court’s 

jurisdiction over any remaining claims. Remand is justified on this basis alone. In addition, without 

the presence of FHFA, the Court cannot discern any basis for jurisdiction over the remaining 

defendants for plaintiff’s state law claims. Consequently, this action is hereby REMANDED. 

 This Order terminates Docket No. 16. 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

 The Clerk of Court is directed to REMAND this action to the Superior Court of California, 

County of Alameda. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 2, 2015 

 ________________________________________

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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