Filed: Dec. 07, 2018
Latest Update: Dec. 07, 2018
Summary: ORDER DOMINIC W. LANZA , District Judge . The original Complaint in this case named one Defendant: Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, NA, as Trustee of Certificate Holders of CWALT Incorporated, Alternative Loan Trust 2006-20CB (hereinafter "Bank of New York"). On June 7, 2018, the Court granted Plaintiffs leave to amend the complaint. (Doc. 31). The first amended complaint (Doc. 32) added two new Defendants: Zieve Brodnax & Steele LLP 1 and Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. To date, the Co
Summary: ORDER DOMINIC W. LANZA , District Judge . The original Complaint in this case named one Defendant: Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, NA, as Trustee of Certificate Holders of CWALT Incorporated, Alternative Loan Trust 2006-20CB (hereinafter "Bank of New York"). On June 7, 2018, the Court granted Plaintiffs leave to amend the complaint. (Doc. 31). The first amended complaint (Doc. 32) added two new Defendants: Zieve Brodnax & Steele LLP 1 and Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. To date, the Cou..
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ORDER
DOMINIC W. LANZA, District Judge.
The original Complaint in this case named one Defendant: Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, NA, as Trustee of Certificate Holders of CWALT Incorporated, Alternative Loan Trust 2006-20CB (hereinafter "Bank of New York"). On June 7, 2018, the Court granted Plaintiffs leave to amend the complaint. (Doc. 31). The first amended complaint (Doc. 32) added two new Defendants: Zieve Brodnax & Steele LLP1 and Bayview Loan Servicing LLC.
To date, the Court sees no evidence that Plaintiffs have taken any steps to serve the two newly added Defendants with the first amended complaint (Doc. 32).2 More than 90 days have elapsed since the first amended complaint was filed (see Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m)); therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that by December 21, 2018, Plaintiffs shall file a response to this Order showing cause why Defendant Zieve Brodnax & Steele LLP should not be dismissed for failure to serve within the time limits of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion to File a Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 47) is denied for failure to comply with Local Rule Civil 15.1(a) ("A party who moves for leave to amend a pleading must attach a copy of the proposed amended pleading as an exhibit to the motion, which must indicate in what respect it differs from the pleading which it amends, by bracketing or striking through the text to be deleted and underlining the text to be added.").3
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1. Notably, this newly added Defendant is the law firm representing the original Defendant. After the first amended complaint was filed, Plaintiffs moved to disqualify counsel from continuing to represent Bank of New York. (Doc. 41).
2. The original defendant, Bank of New York, moved to dismiss the first amended complaint. (Doc. 33). An attorney filed a notice of appearance for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC (Doc. 43). Bayview Loan Serving LLC then joined Bank of New York's motion to dismiss (Doc. 44). Because service was not raised, it is waived. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(1).
3. The motion to dismiss and motion to disqualify remain pending.
