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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ St ep he n R ob ert s; Gene vi ev e Ro be rts

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Dis tri ct of M in ne so ta - Mi nn eap ol is

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PER CURI AM.

In th is rem ov ed br each -o f-co nt ract act io n, St ep he n an d Gen ev ie ve Ro be rts ap pe al th e d is tri ct co ur t’s Dece m be r 20 14 or de r an d ju dg m en t g ran ti ng a m ot io n t o

en fo rce a se tt le m en t ag reem en t. The se tt le m en t-e n f o r cem en t m ot io n was fil ed by Ocwen Loa n Serv ic in g, LL C (Ocwen), ov er fo ur m on th s af te r th e d is tri ct co ur t had

en te red a Mar ch 20 14 or de r st at in g th at it ha d be en ad vi se d of a se tt le m en t by th epa rti es , di sm is si ng th e act io n wit ho ut pr ejud ic e, an d ex pr es sl y res erv in g juri sd ic ti on

fo r 60 da y s to pe rm it an y pa rty to m ov e to reo pe n th e act io n fo r go od cau se or to fil e a st ip ul at ed for m

of f in al jud gm en t.

Upo n c a r e f

u l d e no vo rev ie w, we co nc lu de th at th e di st ric t co ur t la ck ed

an ci ll ary juri sd ic ti on to ru le on Ocwen ’s m ot io n be cau se th e co ur t’s Mar ch 20 14 di sm is sa l o rd er d id no t i nc or po rat e th e te rm s o f th e se tt le m en t ag reem en t, t he co ur t ret ai ne d juri sd ic t i o n f

o r o n l y 60 da y s, an d no act io n was ta ke n by an y pa rty d ur in g t h o se 60 da y s. See Uni te d St at es v. Afrem ov , 61 1 F.3 d 97 0, 97 5 (8 th Ci r

. 2 0 1 0 ) (ap pe ll at e co ur t ha s sp eci al ob li ga ti on to sa ti sf y it se lf no t on ly of it s own juri sd ic ti on , bu t al so th at of lo wer co ur ts in cau se un de r rev ie w; st an da rd of rev i e w ) ; s e e al so Kok ko ne n v. Gua rd ia n Life In s. Co

. of Am ., 51 1 U.S. 37 5, 38 1 (1 99 4) (d is tri ct co ur t ha s no po st -d is m is sa l an ci ll ary juri sd ic ti on to en fo rce se tt le m en t ag reem en t un le ss pa rti es ’ ob li ga ti on to co m pl y wit h te rm s of ag reem en t ha s be en m ad e pa rt of di sm is sa l

or de r ei th er by se pa rat e pr ov is io n or by in co rp or at in g te rm s of ag reem en t in or de r); 4: 20 Co m m c’ns , In c. v. Para di gm Co ., 33 6 F.3 d 77 5, 77 7- 79 (8 th Ci r. 20 03 ) (d is tri ct

co ur t la ck ed an ci ll ary juri sd ic ti on to ru l e u p on m ot io n to en fo rce se tt le m en t ag reem en t whe re di st ric t co ur t’s di sm is sa l or de r di d no t in c o rp or at e te rm s of

se tt le m en t, co ur t ret ai ne d juri sd ic ti on to en fo rce se tt le m en t bu t fo r on ly 90 da y s, an d

no pa rty act ed wit hi n 90 -d ay pe rio d; is su e of su bjec t m a t t er juri sd ic ti on un de r Kok ko ne n t ur ns on lan gu ag e o f di sm is sa l o rd er, n ot on ev en ts pri or to di sm is sa l).

A cc or din gly , w e va cat e th e di st ric t co ur t’s Decem be r 20 14 or de r an d j udgm en t,

an d we r em an d t he m at te r wit h i ns tru ct io ns to th e d is tri ct co ur t t o d is m is s Ocwe n’s

se tt le m en t-e nf

or cem en t m ot io n, a n d t o e n te r a se pa rat e jud gm en t ba se d up on th e Mar ch 20 14 di sm is sa l or de r. See Fed

. R. Ci v. P. 54 (“ [j] ud gm en t” in cl ud es an y or de r fro m whi ch ap pe al li es ); Fed

. R. Ci v. P. 58 (wit h se ve ral ex cep ti on s, ev ery jud gm en t

m us t be se t ou t in se pa rat e do cu m en t; whe n jud gm en t is no t se t fo rth on se pa rat e do cu m en t, jud gm en t i s d eem ed en te red 15 0 d ay s af te r en try of o rd er).

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