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Parties Involved:
GMAC Mortgage, LLC
Defendant
Joseph Sanchez
Plaintiff

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 Because oral argument will not be of material assistance, 1

the Court orders this matter submitted on the briefs. E.D. Cal.

Local Rule 78-230(h). 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH SANCHEZ, No. 2:09-cv-03341-MCE-JFM

Plaintiff,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC,

Defendant.

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This dispute arises out of a mortgage loan transaction that

eventually led to the foreclosure of Plaintiff’s home. Presently

before the Court is a Motion by Defendant GMAC Mortgage, LLC

(“Defendant”) to Dismiss the claims alleged against it in the

Complaint of Plaintiff Joseph Sanchez (“Plaintiff”) for failure

to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Defendant also moves

to strike portions of Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f).1

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Plaintiff does not substantively oppose Defendant’s Motion. 

Rather, Plaintiff has submitted a statement indicating his

intention to file a First Amended Complaint which would thereby

render Defendant’s Motion moot. 

However, pursuant to Rule 15(a) as made effective on

December 1, 2009, a party may only amend its pleading once as a

matter of course within 21 days after service of a motion under

12(b), (e) or (f). Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B). Defendant’s

Rule 12(b) and 12(f) Motions were served on December 7, 2009. 

Consequently, if Plaintiff wished to amend his Complaint as a

matter of course, he needed to do so on or before December 28,

2009. That date having passed, any amendment to Plaintiff’s

Complaint now requires leave by this Court. Plaintiff may no

longer simply “moot” Defendant’s Motions.

Therefore, in light of Plaintiff’s failure to provide any

material opposition, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and Motion to

Strike (Docket Nos. 8 and 10) are GRANTED. The Court will afford

Plaintiff leave to amend. 

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Plaintiff may file an amended complaint not later than

twenty (20) days after the date this Memorandum and Order is

filed electronically. If no amended complaint is filed within

said twenty (20)-day period, without further notice, Plaintiff’s

claims will be dismissed without leave to amend.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 11, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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