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Parties Involved:
Assurity Financial Services, LLC
Defendant
Eleanor A. Batuhan
Plaintiff
Caliber Home Loans
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELEANOR A. BATUHAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

ASSURITY FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, 

et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04526-WHO 

ORDER REFERRING FORECLOSURERELATED ACTION TO ADR UNIT 

FOR ASSESSMENT TELEPHONE 

CONFERENCE

Defendant Caliber Home Loans, Inc. (“Caliber”)’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s first 

amended complaint is currently pending before the Court and is set for hearing on February 17, 

2016. Dkt. No. 31. Plaintiff’s original complaint, which I previously dismissed with leave to 

amend, did not inform the Court that she was behind on her mortgage loan payments. See Dkt. 

No. 1. Her first amended complaint alleges for the first time that Caliber issued to her a Notice of 

Default dated December 31, 2014. Dkt. No. 30 ¶¶ 9-10. The Notice of Default states that plaintiff

must pay $43,480.99 (by February 4, 2015) to cure the default. Dkt. No. 30 at Ex. F. Based on 

the allegations in plaintiff’s first amended complaint and the parties’ briefing on the pending 

motion to dismiss, there is no indication that a foreclosure has taken place or that plaintiff has lost 

possession of the subject property. 

In light of the new information in plaintiff’s first amended complaint, and pursuant to Civil 

Local Rule 16-8 and ADR Local Rule 2-3, I refer this foreclosure-related action to the Alternative 

Dispute Resolution (ADR) Unit for a telephone conference to assess this case=s suitability for 

mediation or a settlement conference. Plaintiff and Caliber’s counsel shall participate in a 

telephone conference, to be scheduled by the ADR Unit as soon as possible but no later than 

March 11, 2016. The parties need not submit written materials to the ADR Unit for the telephone 

conference. However, the parties shall be prepared to discuss the following subjects:

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(1) Plaintiff’s claims against Caliber.

(2) Prospects for loan modification. 

(3) Prospects for settlement. 

In addition, in preparation for the telephone conference, plaintiff shall do the following:

(1) Investigate her claims against Caliber to determine whether they 

have merit. 

(2) If plaintiff is seeking a loan modification to resolve all or some 

of her claims, plaintiff shall prepare a current, accurate financial 

statement and gather all of the information and documents 

customarily needed to support a loan modification request. Further, 

plaintiff shall immediately notify Caliber’s counsel of the request 

for a loan modification.

(3) Provide Caliber’s counsel with information necessary to evaluate 

the prospects for loan modification, in the form of a financial 

statement, worksheet, or application customarily used by financial

institutions.

Caliber’s counsel shall do the following:

(1) If Caliber is unable or unwilling to do a loan modification after 

receiving notice of plaintiff’s request, Caliber’s counsel shall 

promptly notify plaintiff to that effect.

(2) Arrange for a representative of Caliber with full settlement 

authority to participate in the telephone conference.

The ADR Unit will notify the parties of the date and time the telephone conference will be 

held. After the telephone conference, the ADR Unit will advise the Court of its recommendation 

for further ADR proceedings.

The motion hearing set for February 17, 2016 and the case management conference set for 

March 8, 2016 are VACATED pending further order of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2016

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WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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