Diaz-Amador v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgages

856 F. Supp. 2d 1074, 2012 WL 612530, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23442
CourtDistrict Court, D. Arizona
DecidedFebruary 24, 2012
DocketNo. CV-11-243-TUC-DCB
StatusPublished
Cited by5 cases

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Diaz-Amador v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgages, 856 F. Supp. 2d 1074, 2012 WL 612530, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23442 (D. Ariz. 2012).

Opinion

ORDER

DAVID C. BURY, District Judge.

Magistrate Judge Estrada signed a Report and Recommendation on February 6, 2012, recommending that the District Court grant the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint and allow Plaintiffs leave to file a Second Amended Complaint. A copy was sent to all parties on February 7, 2012, notifying all parties that written objections must be filed within fourteen days of service. Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(2). No objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation have been filed. Consequently, any objections that have not been raised are waived and will not be addressed by the Court.

The Court, having made an independent review of the record, orders as follows:

IT IS ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Estrada’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 16) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED by this Court as the findings of fact and conclusions of law.

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 13) is GRANTED without prejudice to Plaintiffs filing a Second Amended Complaint on or before March 16, 2012 and attempt to cure any pleading infirmities. This action will not be referred back to the Magistrate Judge, consequently all future filings should bear the following case number: CV-11-243TUC-DCB.

REPORT & RECOMMENDATION

HÉCTOR C. ESTRADA, United States Magistrate Judge.

Pending before the Court is Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint.1 (Doc. 13). Plaintiffs have filed their Response (Doc. 14) and Defendant has filed a Reply (Doc. 15). For the foregoing reasons, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the District Court grant in part and deny in part Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint.

I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On April 21, 2011, this matter was removed from the Superior Court of the State of Arizona for the County of Santa Cruz on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. (Doc. 1). On May 23, 2011, Plaintiffs, through counsel, filed their First Amended Complaint (hereinafter “FAC”) (Doc. 11). The following is a summary of Plaintiffs’ [1077]*1077allegations in their FAC. Plaintiffs previously owned a single family residence at 1693 Ruido Court, Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, which is the subject of this lawsuit. (FAC ¶ 1). On or about November 20, 2002, they, “as borrower and trustor, executed a promisory note and deed of trust ([hereinafter] “deed of trust”), securing the subject property to a loan made by WF[HM] to Plaintiffs in the sum of $135,751.00.” (Id. at ¶ 5). Thereafter, on October 22, 2010, WFHM “noticed a trustee sale, A.R.S. § 33-801, et seq., for the subject property, with a sale date of January 21, 2011.” (Id. at ¶ 6). Upon notification of the notice of trustee sale, Plaintiffs requested “a loan modification, offering as an inducement a lien on two adjoining unencumbered lots wholly owned by Plaintiffs and necessary to the full enjoyment of the single family residence.” (Id. at ¶ 7). WFHM informed Plaintiffs that the trustee sale would be postponed until February 2011, while WFHM “fully investigated the offer.” (Id. at ¶ 9). Prior to February 16, 2011, WFHM rejected Plaintiffs’ offer and informed Plaintiffs that the sale would proceed on February 25, 2011. (Id. at ¶ 10). On February 16, 2011, Plaintiffs wrote to Mark C. Oman, Senior Executive Vice President of WFHM to request further review of their offer. (Id. at ¶ 11). On February 22, 2011, Robin Webb, who identified herself as a Vice President of WFHM, informed Plaintiffs that WFHM agreed to further investigation of their offer and that the sale would be postponed until March 2, 2011. (Id. at ¶ 12). “Plaintiffs did not exercise their right to reinstate, A.R.S. § 33-813, by 5:00 p.m., February 24, the day prior to a sale set for February 25.” (Id. at ¶ 13).

On or about February 26, 2011, WFHM informed Plaintiffs “that the sale had inadvertently gone forward on February 25, and that Defendant Wells Fargo was now the owner by trustee deed recorded on March 3, 2011....” (Id. at ¶ 14). On March 21, 2011, Plaintiffs were informed “by an attorney from Wells Fargo ...” that a forcible entry and detainer action “had been filed or would be filed naming ...” them as defendants. (Id. at ¶ 15).

Plaintiffs’ action is based upon four counts: (1) Contract (Count One); (2) Breach of A.R.S. § 33-813 (Count Two); (3) Reformation (Count Three); and (4) Injunction (Court Four). Plaintiffs allege that they have lost the equity in their residence.2 (FAC, ¶ 19).

Defendant moves for dismissal of Plaintiffs’ FAC for failure to state a claim.

II. DISCUSSION

A. STANDARD

To state a claim for relief under Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a plaintiff must make “ ‘a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief,’ in order to give the defendant fair notice of what the ... claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007) (citations omitted). Further, “ ‘[t]o survive a motion to dismiss [under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6)], a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face;’ that is, plaintiff must ‘plead[] factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.’ ” Telesaurus VPC, LLC v. [1078]*1078Power, 623 F.3d 998, 1003 (9th Cir.2010), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 95, 181 L.Ed.2d 24 (2011) (quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1949, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009)); see also Moss v. United States Secret Serv., 572 F.3d 962, 969 (9th Cir.2009) (to defeat a motion to dismiss, the “non-conclusory ‘factual content,’ and reasonable inferences from that content, must be plausibly suggestive of a claim entitling the plaintiff to relief.”). Dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) “can be based on the lack of a cognizable legal theory or the absence of sufficient facts alleged under a cognizable legal theory.” Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep’t, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir.1990).

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