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Parties Involved:
Reginald Ratliff
Plaintiff
TROJAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LLC
Defendant
Trinity Financial Services, LLC
Defendant

Document Text:

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JOINT STIPULATION TO ALLOW AMENDMENT AND REMAND AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Matthew D. Mellen (Bar No. 233350)

Sarah Shapero (Bar No. 281748) 

MELLEN LAW FIRM

One Embarcadero Center, Fifth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 315-1653 

Facsimile: (415) 276-1902 

email@mellenlawfirm.com

Attorney for Plaintiff,

REGINALD RATLIFF

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REGINALD RATLIFF, an individual; 

Plaintiff,

vs.

TROJAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LLC, a 

Wyoming Limited Liability Company; TRINITY 

FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, a Wyoming 

Limited Liability Company; and DOES 1 

through 50, inclusive, 

 Defendants.

Case No.: 4:16-cv-06172-KAW

JOINT STIPULATION TO ALLOW 

PLAINTIFF TO FILE AND SERVE A 

THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

TO REMAND THIS ACTION TO 

STATE COURT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

THEREON

Plaintiff Reginald Ratliff (hereinafter, “Plaintiff”),Defendant Trojan Capital Investments, 

LLC (hereinafter, “Trojan”), and Defendant Trinity Financial Services, LLC (hereinafter, “Trinity”)

by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby respectfully submit the following Joint 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Allow Plaintiff to file and serve the Third Complaint for 

Damages and Equitable Relief (hereinafter, “Third Amended Complaint”) (Doc. No. 11-2 filed 

11/10/16), attached hereto as Exhibit A and to remand this action to State Court. Trinity and 

Trojan are collectively referred to hereinafter as “Defendants.” Plaintiff, Trojan, and Trinity are 

collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Parties.”

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS, this action was filed originally in the Alameda County Superior Court, Case 

Number HG15789502 on or around October 14, 2015 (“State Court Action”) alleging causes of 

action for wrongful foreclosure, negligent misrepresentation and fraud;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint in the State Court Action on or 

around December 23, 2015 alleging causes of action for violations of the Homeowner’s Bill of 

Rights, Negligence, Negligent Misrepresentation, Fraud, and Unfair Business Practices; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint in the State Court Action on or 

around October 13, 2016 alleging causes of action for violations of the Homeowner’s Bill of 

Rights, Negligence, Violation of 12 U.S.C. § 2605, Violation of Cal. Civ. Code § 1788.11, and 

Violations of the Business Professions Code;

WHEREAS, Defendants removed the State Court Action to this Court on or around 

October 25, 2016, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1331, based on Federal subject matter jurisdiction; 

WHEREAS, the Parties met and conferred with respect to the dismissal of the third cause 

of action for violation of 12 U.S.C. §2605 found in the Second Amended Complaint prior to the 

filing of Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend, however, the Parties were not able to come to an agreement; 

WHEREAS, the Parties now agree to allow Plaintiff to file the attached Third Amended 

Complaint; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that it would be appropriate to remand this action to the 

Alameda County Superior Court; and

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree and stipulate as follows:

That the Court permit Plaintiff to file the Third Amended Complaint attached hereto as 

Exhibit “A;” 

That service of the Third Amended Complaint shall be deemed to occur when the Court 

orders the Complaint filed;

That this matter be remanded to the Alameda County Superior Court; and

That Defendants shall have thirty (30) days in which to file and serve responsive pleadings 

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to the Third Amended Complaint starting from when the U.S. District Court notifies the Parties 

that and this matter is remanded and transferred back to Alameda County Superior Court.. 

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: December 6, 2016 BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP

By: _/s/ Fabio Cabezas__

Richard Reynolds

Fabio Cabezas

Attorneys for Defendants

DATED: December 6, 2016 MELLEN LAW FIRM

By: _/s/ Sarah Shapero

Matthew Mellen

Sarah Shapero

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ______________________

 Honorable Kandis A. Westmore

 United States Magistrate Judge

12/8/16

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