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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 TO SHOW CAUSE (No. 3:15-cv-01645-LB)

UNITED 

STATES 

DISTRICT 

COURT

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

San Francisco Division

DARSHAN GOVIND,

Plaintiff,

v.

PNC MORTGAGE, et al.,

Defendants.

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PNC Bank (sued as PNC Mortgage) removed and then moved to dismiss Plaintiff Darshan

Govind’s complaint challenging the foreclosure of his home. (Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1;

Motion, ECF No. 8.1

) Mr. Govind, who is representing himself, alleges violations of state law and

the Federal Truth in Lending Act. (Complaint, ECF No. 1 at 6.) PNC Bank filed the motion on April

16, 2015 and noticed it for hearing for June 4, 2015. Mr. Govind’s opposition was due on May 4,

2015. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d); N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-3. He has not filed one.

Moreover, Mr. Govind’s complaint, which was filed on March 4, 2015, names Cal-Western

Reconveyance Company as a defendant. (Complaint, ECF No. 1 at 6.) Under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 4(m), a plaintiff normally has 120 days from the filing of the complaint to serve the

complaint and summons on a defendant. This means that Mr. Govind has until July 2, 2015 to serve

Cal-Western. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m), 6(a)(1)(C). He has not filed any proof of service to date. (See

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generally Docket.)

Under the circumstances, the court issues this order to show cause directing Mr. Govind to either

file his opposition by May 14, 2015 or show cause why he cannot do so. If he does not file his

opposition or otherwise show cause for his failure to do so, he risks dismissal of his case against

PNC Bank for failure to prosecute it. The court extends the deadline for PNC Bank’s optional reply

brief to May 21, 2015.

As to Cal-Western, it does not appear that Mr. Govind has served it, and perhaps he does not

plan to, given PNC Bank’s allegations about whether he can state or has stated a claim against CalWestern. (See Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1, at 2.) More specifically, if Mr. Govind challenges

only Cal-Western’s recording of statutorily-required notices or performing statutorily-required

foreclosure procedures, they are privileged communications under the qualified common-interest

privilege of California Civil Code § 47. In any event, if Mr. Govind has already served Cal-Western,

he must file proof of service by May 14, 2015. If he has not served Cal-Western, he must do so by

July 2, 2015, and file proof of service by July 6, 2015. Failure to do either of these will result in

dismissal of the case against Cal-Western without prejudice under Rule 4(m) for failure to prosecute.

For now, the court keeps the June 4, 2015 motion hearing on calendar.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2015 _______________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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