ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO EXPUNGE LIS PENDENS

[Docket Nos. 5 & 6]

DEAN D. PREGERSON, District Judge.

Presently before the court are Defendants American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint ("Motion to Dismiss") and Motion to Expunge Lis Pendens ("Motion to Expunge"). Having reviewed the parties' moving papers, the court GRANTS the Motion to Dismiss, Denies the Motion to Expunge, and adopts the following Order.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 12, 2005, Plaintiff Phyllis A. Hall executed a $195,613 loan with American Home Mortgage to refinance her real property. The loan was secured by a Deed of Trust, naming Financial Title Company as the trustee and Defendant Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as the beneficiary. On August 1, 2010, MERS assigned all beneficial interest under the Deed of Trust to Defendant American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. ("AHMSI"). AHMSI, in turn, substituted Power Default Services, Inc. ("PDS") as trustee, on August 12, 2010. The next day, Defendant T.D. Service Company ("T.D.") recorded a Notice of Default on behalf of AHMSI, stating that Plaintiff then owed $24,423.45 on the loan. Three months later, T.D. recorded a Notice of Trustee's Sale on behalf of PDS, informing Plaintiff that her property would be sold on December 6, 2010. Apparently, the sale was then postponed, and had not yet occurred as of February 23, 2012. (Mot. at 1-2; Decl. of David L. Chaffin in Supp. of Mot. to Dismiss, Proof of Service.)

On April 18, 2011, Plaintiff filed suit against Defendants in state court, based on alleged misconduct by Defendants throughout the loan origination, modification, and foreclosure process. On May 18, 2011, Defendants MERS and AHMSI (collectively, "Moving Defendants") removed the action to federal court. Moving Defendants then filed their Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Expunge, on May 25, 2011. After various continuances due to scheduling and notice issues, Plaintiff filed Oppositions to the Motions on September 16, 2011, and Moving Defendants filed their Replies on September 26, 2011.

II. LEGAL STANDARD

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), a complaint is subject to dismissal when the plaintiff's allegations fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. When considering a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, "all allegations of material fact are accepted as true and should be construed in the light most favorable to [the] plaintiff." Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 433, 447 (9th Cir. 2000).

In Ashcroft v. Iqbal, the Supreme Court explained that a court considering a 12(b)(6) motion should first "identify[] pleadings that, because they are no more than conclusions, are not entitled to the assumption of truth." 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1950 (2009). Next, the court should identify the complaint's "well-pleaded factual allegations, . . . assume their veracity and then determine whether they plausibly give rise to an entitlement to relief." Id.; see also Moss v. U.S. Secret Serv., 572 F.3d 962, 969 (9th Cir. 2009) ("In sum, for a complaint to survive 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." (internal quotation marks omitted)).

III. DISCUSSION

Moving Defendants seek to dismiss Plaintiff's claims on a number of grounds, including Plaintiff's failure to tender. Plaintiff opposes the Motion to Dismiss and requests leave of the court to amend her Complaint.

Plaintiff filed her initial Complaint in pro per. The Complaint is difficult to understand and provides few specific facts. Instead, it largely lists statutes and definitions, with generalized and conclusory allegations. The Complaint therefore fails to meet the minimum pleading requirements of Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See, e.g., Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 553-55 (2007); Bautista v. L.A. County, 216 F.3d 837, 840 (9th Cir. 2000); Yamaguchi v. U.S. Dep't of the Air Force, 109 F.3d 1475, 1481 (9th Cir. 1997). To the extent Plaintiff alleges fraud on the part of Defendants, she also fails to meet the more stringent requirements of Rule 9(b). See, e.g., Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA, 317 F.3d 1097, 1106 (9th Cir. 2003); Cooper v. Pickett, 137 F.3d 616, 627 (9th Cir. 1997). The court therefore dismisses Plaintiff's Complaint on these grounds.

The court is not convinced, however, that all of Plaintiff's claims — if properly plead — would fail as a matter of law. For instance, Plaintiff appears to allege that Defendants' entered into but breached a forbearance agreement with her. (Compl. ¶ 17; Opp'n at 6.) Depending on the specific facts, Plaintiff might thereby make out a claim for relief that would not be subject to the tender requirement. See, e.g., Aceves v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 192 Cal.App.4th 218, 225-31 (2011); Wolf v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. C11-01337, 2011 WL 4831208 at *4, *7-10 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 12, 2011); Park v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n, No. 10cv1546, 2011 WL 4102211 at *9-12, *15 (S.D. Cal. Sept. 13, 2011); Esoimeme v. Wells Fargo Bank, No. CIV S-10-2259, 2011 WL 3875881 at *12 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 1, 2011); Das v. WMC Mortgage Corp., No. C10-0650, 2010 WL 4393885 at *2-3, *5-7 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 29, 2010); Del Valle v. Mortgage Bank of Col., No. CV-F-09-1316, 2010 WL 1813505 at *6, *9 (E.D. Cal. May 5, 2010); Vissuet v. Indymac Mortgage Servs., No. 09-CV-2321, 2010 WL 1031013 at *4 (S.D. Cal. March 19, 2010); Yamamoto v. Bank of N.Y., 329 F.3d 1167, 1171 (9th Cir. 2003).

Accordingly, it is not clear that Plaintiff is unable to cure the deficiencies in her Complaint — especially given that Plaintiff now appears to be represented by counsel, who filed Oppositions to the Moving Defendants' two Motions. See Hubbard v. Bank of Am., No. 10-3094, 2011 WL 2470021 (D. Or. Apr. 21, 2011) ("A pro se litigant should be given leave to amend his complaint unless it is absolutely clear that no amendment could cure the deficiencies of the complaint." (citing Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130-31 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc); Barrett v. Belleque, 544 F.3d 1060, 1061-62 (9th Cir. 2008) (per curiam)).

The court reminds Plaintiff and her counsel, however, that opportunities to amend are not limitless, and that the court will not sift through statutory recitations and general allegations. Plaintiff must allege specific facts sufficient to make out a claim for relief, bearing in mind the legal defenses raised by Defendants, which often preclude many foreclosure-related claims and relief.

III. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the court GRANTS Moving Defendants' Motion to Dismiss without prejudice. Plaintiff shall file a first amended complaint within 20 days of the date of this order. The court also DENIES Moving Defendants' Motion to Expunge without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.