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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1914', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915']

| Szabo v. Bank of New York Mellon
Szabo v. Bank of New York Mellon
SUSAN SZABO; ZOLTAN SZABO Plaintiffs,v.BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, et al. Defendants.
Plaintiffs in this action borrowed $230, 000 on August 12, 2004, to finance the purchase of property in Josephine County, Oregon. The loan was secured by a Note and Deed of Trust. In 2012, Plaintiffs began to experience financial difficulties and fell behind on their mortgage payments. At some point, Defendants initiated foreclosure proceedings.
Generally, all parties instituting any civil action in United States District Court must pay a statutory filing fee. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). However, the federal IFP statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (1), provides indigent litigants an opportunity for meaningful access to the federal courts despite their inability to pay the costs and fees associated with that access. To authorize a litigant to proceed IFP, a court must make two determinations. First, a court must determine whether the litigant is unable to pay the costs of commencing the action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (1). Second, it must assess whether the action is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) (2) (B).
In regard to the second of these determinations, district courts have the power under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) (2) (B)to screen complaints even before the service of the complaint on the defendants, and must dismiss a complaint if it fails to state a claim. Courts apply the same standard under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) (2) (B)as when addressing a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12 (b) (6). Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012). To survive a motion to dismiss under the federal pleading standards, the complaint must include a short and plain statement of the claim and "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim for relief that is plausible on its face.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Alt. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). "A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged. The plausibility standard... asks for more than a sheer possibility that a defendant has acted unlawfully." Id . The court is not required to accept legal conclusions, unsupported' by alleged facts, as true. Id.
Plaintiffs bring this action alleging breach of contract, "failure to prove lawful position as a Note Holder, " demands for records, and human rights violations.
"[S]tanding is an essential and unchanging part of the case-or-controversy requirement of Article III [of the United States Constitution]." Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992). "Standing addresses whether the plaintiff is the proper party to bring the matter to the court for adjudication." Chandler v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 598 F.3d 1115, 1122 (9th Cir. 2010). At an "irreducible minimum, " Article III "standing requires the party asserting the existence of federal court jurisdiction to establish three elements: (1) an injury in fact that is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent; (2) causation); and (3) a likelihood that a favorable decision will redress the injury." Wolfson v. Brammer, 616 F.3d 1045, 1056 (9th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted).
In addition to these constitutional limitations on federal court jurisdiction, there are also prudential limitations on its exercise. Fleck & Assocs., Inc. v. City of Phoenix, 471 F.3d 1100, 1103-04 (9th Cir. 2006). The doctrine of prudential standing "restrict[s] the grounds a plaintiff may put forward in seeking to vindicate his personal stake." Id. at 1104. Courts must consider, among other things, "whether the alleged injury is more than a mere generalized grievance, whether the plaintiff is asserting her own rights or the rights of third parties, and whether the claim falls within the zone of interests to be protected or regulated by the constitutional guarantee in question." Wolfson, 616 F.3d at 1056 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). "[A]s a prudential matter, even when a plaintiff has Article III standing, we ordinarily do not allow third parties to litigate on the basis of the rights of others." Planned Parenthood of Idaho, Inc., Inc. v. Wasden, 376 F.3d 908, 917 (9th Cir. 2004).
In this case, Plaintiffs appear allege that Defendants failed to comply with the requirements of its pooling and servicing agreement (PSA). Plaintiffs allege that this failure somehow constituted a breach of contract with Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs do not allege that they are parties to the PSA or investors in the REMIC trust. It is well settled that a plaintiff lacks standing to enforce the terms of a PSA when he is neither a party to, nor a third party beneficiary of, that agreement. See, e.g. Oliver v. Delta Fin. Liquidating Trust 6:12-cv-00869-AA, ...