N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
FEDER AL NATIONAL M O R TGAGE ASSOC IATION,

Pla i ntiff-Appe lle e , v. LN M ANAGEM ENT LLC SER IES 3085 C ASEY 201,

De fe nda n t-Appe l la

nt,
and C ANYON W ILLOW OW NER S ASSOC IATION,

De fe nda n t. No. 18-15562 DC No. C V 16-0203 JC M

M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Distric t of Ne v a da Jam e s C . M aha

n, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d July

9, 2019 ** Portla nd, Ore gon 

# FIL ED
JUL 11 2019 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U

. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public a t ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3.

* * The pa

ne l una nim ously finds this c a se suita

ble for de c ision without ora l argum e nt. S

e e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a )(2)(C ).B e fore : FER NANDEZ, TASHIM A, a nd OW ENS, C irc uit Judge s. LN M ana ge m e nt LLC , Se rie s 3085 C a se y 201 (“ LN M ana ge m e nt” ), a ppe a ls the d istric t c o urt’ s gra

nt of sum m ary judgm e nt to theFe de ra l Nationa l M o rtga ge Assoc iat ion (“ Fa

nnie M a e ” ) in a

c a se c onc e rning a

fore c losure on a

prope rty whic h Fannie M a e c la im s it owns. Fa nnie M a e file d

this la w s uit se e king de c la

ra tory
re lie f and quie t title a fte r a hom e owne rs’ a ssoc iation (“ HOA” ) m a de a fore c losure
sa le on the prope rty without Fa nnie M a e ’ s c onse nt, a lle ge dly in viola tion of the Fe de ra l Fore c l osure B ar. Se e 12 U.S.C . § 4617(j)(3) (“ No prope rty of the Age nc y sha l l be subje c t to le vy , atta c hm e nt, ga rnishm e nt, fore c losure , or sa le without the
c onse n t of the Age nc y , nor sha l l a ny involunta

ry lie n atta c h

to the prope rty

of the Age nc y .” ). The distric t c ourt gra

nte d sum m ary judgm e nt for Fa

nn ie M a e on its de c la ra tory re lie f a nd quie t titlec la im s. LN M ana ge m e nt a rgue s tha t the distric t
c ourt e rre d be c a

use Fann ie M a e did not ha ve an owne rship inte re st in theprope rty
a t the tim e of the fore c losure sa le , in whic h c a se the Fe d e ra l Fore c losure B a r would not a pply . A distric t c o urt’ s de c ision to gra nt sum m ary judgm e nt is re vie we d de
novo. Be re

zov sk y v . Moniz , 869 F.3d 923, 927 (9th C ir. 2017).

2The re wa s no ge nuine dispute a s to whe the r Fannie M a e ha d a n owne rship inte re s t in the prope rty

at the tim e of the HOA fore c losure sa le
. The Truste e ’ s De e d Upon Sa l e c le arly

sta te s tha t Fa nnie M a e purc ha se d the prope rty on Nove m be r 28, 2012, prior to the

HOA fore c losure sa le . The Truste e ’ s De e d Upon Sa le a lso ide n tifie s Fannie M a e , who wa s the highe st bidde r a t the sa le , a s the

“ Grante e ” and the “ B e ne fic i ary ” of the sa le . This is stra ightforwa rd e vide nc e of Fannie M a e ’ s owne rship inte re st in the prope rty on Nove m

be r 28, 2012, we ll be fore the HOA fore c losure on Fe brua ry 2, 2013. LN M ana ge m e nt did not point to a ny e vide nc e tha

t c re a te s a ge nuine fa c tua l issue re ga rding Fa nnie M a e ’ s owne rship. LN M ana ge m e nt is inc orre c t in a rguing that doc um e nts show tha

t Gre e n Tre e Se rvic ing (“ GTS” ) inste a d owne d the prope rty . GTS wa s Fa

nnie M a e ’ s se rvic e r and a ge nt, a nd Fa nnie M a e doe s not
ne e d to be liste d on the Notic e of De fa ult a s the “ be ne fic ia

ry of re c ord of the De e d of Trust” or the “ holde r of the note se c ure d by the De e d of Trust” in orde r to ha

ve
an owne rship inte re st in theprope rty . Se e id. at 932. Furthe rm ore , the De c la ra tion of Sa le to B e n e fic ia

ry tha t LN M an a ge m e n t introduc e d provide s no support for the the o ry tha t GTS, not Fa

nnie M a e , took owne rship of the prope rty at the a uc tion W he n re a d toge t

he r with the de sc ription of Fa nnie M a e a s the “ B e ne fic ia ry ” in the

3Truste e ’ s De e d Upon Sa le , it re inforc e s tha t Fa nnie M a e took owne rship of the prope rty at the Nove m

be r 28 a uc tion. AFFIRM E D.

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