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Parties Involved:
Argent Mortgage Company, LLC
Defendant
Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc.
Defendant
Maria Curiel
Plaintiff
Pedro Curiel
Plaintiff
HomEq Servicing
Defendant
Mortgage Finance Advisors
Defendant
Patrick Murphy
Defendant
Old Republic Default Management Services
Defendant
Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PEDRO CURIEL and MARIA CURIEL,

Civ. No. S-09-3074 FCD/KJM

Plaintiffs,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BARCLAYS CAPITAL REAL ESTATE

INC, DBA HOMEQ SERVICING,

ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC,

OLD REPUBLIC DEFAULT

MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WELLS

FARGO BANK, NA, MORTGAGE

FINANCE ADVISORS, PATRICK

MURPHY, and DOES 1-20

inclusive,

Defendants.

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This matter is before the court on the motions of defendants

Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. d/b/a HomeEq Servicing and

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to dismiss plaintiffs Pedro Curiel and

Maria Curiel’s (“plaintiffs”) complaint pursuant to Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) 12(b)(6). On February 23, 2010,

plaintiffs filed a statement of non-opposition, requesting that

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their claims for violations of the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”)

and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) be

dismissed without prejudice. (Docket # 17.) Accordingly,

plaintiffs’ TILA and RESPA claims are dismissed. See, e.g. Fed.

R. Civ. Pro. 41(a); Swedberg v. Marotzke, 339 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir.

2003) (defendant’s filing of a motion to dismiss, pursuant to

FRCP 12(b), does not prevent the plaintiff from later filing a

voluntary dismissal). 

 Dismissal of the TILA and RESPA claims leaves the complaint

devoid of any federal claims. The remaining claims are state law

claims for negligence, violation of the California Rosenthal Act,

breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, violation of California Business

and Professions Code §§ 17200 et seq., breach of contract, breach

of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, wrongful

foreclosure, and violation of California Civil Code § 1632. 

Subject to the conditions set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c),

district courts may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction

over state law claims. See Acri v. Varian Associates, Inc., 114

F.3d 999, 1000 (9th Cir. 1997)(en banc). The court’s decision

whether to exercise supplemental jurisdiction should be informed

by values of “economy, convenience, fairness, and comity.” Id.

at 1001 (citations omitted). Further, primary responsibility for

developing and applying state law rests with the state courts. 

Therefore, when federal claims are eliminated before trial,

district courts should usually decline to exercise supplemental

jurisdiction. See Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Cohill, 484 U.S. 343,

350 (1988); Gini v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept., 40 F.3d

1041, 1046 (9th Cir. 1994) (“[I]n the usual case in which

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federal-law claims are eliminated before trial, the balance of

factors . . . will point toward declining to exercise

jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims.”)(quoting

Schneider v. TRW Inc., 938 F.2d 986, 993 (9th Cir. 1991)). In

accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c), the court declines to

exercise supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiffs’ remaining

state law claims.

Accordingly, plaintiffs’ complaint is DISMISSED without 

prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 2, 2010

 

FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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