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HINDS v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., 2:15-CV-492 JCM (NJK). (2015)

Court: District Court, D. Nevada Number: infdco20150406b01 Visitors: 14
Filed: Apr. 03, 2015
Latest Update: Apr. 03, 2015
Summary: ORDER JAMES C. MAHAN , District Judge . Presently before this court is an ex parte application for an emergency restraining order and preliminary injunction filed by plaintiff Clifton Hinds. (Doc. # 1-1 pp. 69-95). Defendant BSI Financial Services, Inc. (hereinafter "BSI") filed a response. (Doc. # 4). I. Background At the onset, the court notes that Hinds has provided no recitation of the facts for this case in either his complaint or his application for emergency injunctive relief. The
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ORDER

Presently before this court is an ex parte application for an emergency restraining order and preliminary injunction filed by plaintiff Clifton Hinds. (Doc. # 1-1 pp. 69-95). Defendant BSI Financial Services, Inc. (hereinafter "BSI") filed a response. (Doc. # 4).

I. Background

At the onset, the court notes that Hinds has provided no recitation of the facts for this case in either his complaint or his application for emergency injunctive relief. The court must therefore rely on the facts BSI has provided.

This case arises out of foreclosure proceedings on the real property located at 4517 Ranch Foreman Road, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89032 (hereinafter "the property"). (Doc. # 4 p. 2). Shelia Gloekler purchased the property on or about June 13, 2008. (Id. at 3). Gloekler executed a first-position deed of trust on the property, which was recorded on June 13, 2008, and secured a promissory note.

Countrywide Bank, FSB (hereinafter "Countrywide") was the lender in the transaction and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (hereinafter "MERS") was Countrywide's nominee beneficiary. (Id. at 3). Reconstruct Company was assigned as the trustee. (Id.). The trustee was subsequently reassigned several times, resulting in Quality Loan Services Corp. (hereinafter "Quality Loan") being assigned as the trustee as of September 24, 2014. (Id. at 3-4, Exh E). Similarly, the beneficial interest under the deed of trust was reassigned multiple times, resulting in beneficial interest resting with Cam VII Trust (hereinafter "Cam VII"). (Id. at 4, Exh F-G).

In the interim, Gloekler conveyed the property to an entity listed as 4517 Ranch Foreman Rd, LLC (hereinafter "Ranch Foreman"). (Id. at 3, Exh D). The Nevada secretary of state lists no record of Ranch Foreman existing as a limited liability company or any other form of business entity. (Id. at 4). The Clark County assessor still lists Ranch Foreman as the current property owner. (Id.).

On June 23, 2014, Quality Loan recorded a notice of default on the property. (Id. at 4-5). On September 1, 2014, a certificate from the State of Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program was recorded on the property, permitting CAM VII to proceed with the foreclosure. (Id. at 5). On February 4, 2015, a notice of trustee's sale was recorded against the property, setting the sale for March 3, 2015. (Id.).

However, before CAM VII could complete foreclosure and sale, two individuals claiming to each have a five percent interest in the property filed separate Chapter 13 bankruptcy petitions on December 9, 2014, and January 1, 2015. (Id.). Automatic stays were issued pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362. The bankruptcy court in the Central District of California lifted the first stay on February 11, 2015 (Id., Exh L). The bankruptcy court in the District of Nevada set a hearing on the second stay for March 20, 2015. (Id. at 6). The status of this second stay is unclear to the court.

On February 25, 2015, Hinds filed the instant case pro se in the Eighth Judicial District of Clark County, Nevada, and defendants removed the case to this court. (Doc. # 1-1). His complaint included the ex parte application for an emergency restraining order and preliminary injunction, which the court now addresses.

II. Analysis

The court acknowledges that the complaint and the instant motion were filed pro se and are therefore held to less stringent standards. Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007) ("A document filed pro se is to be liberally construed, and a pro se complaint, however inartfully pleaded, must be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.") (internal quotations and citations omitted). However, "pro se litigants in the ordinary civil case should not be treated more favorably than parties with attorneys of record." Jacobsen v. Filler, 790 F.2d 1362, 1364 (9th Cir. 1986).

The court does not reach the merits of Hinds' request for injunctive relief, because he has failed to establish that he has standing in this case. "Standing is `an essential and un-changing part of the case-or-controversy requirement of Article III [of the U.S. Constitution].'" McDermott v. Donahue, No. 2:11-CV-00311-MJP, 2011 WL 742550, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 23, 2011) (citing Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992)) (alteration in original). "Standing requires a plaintiff to show (1) injury-in-fact (an actual or imminent harm that is concrete and particularized), (2) causation, and (3) redressability." Id. (citing Lujan, 504 U.S. at 560).

BSI asserts that Hinds cannot establish standing in this case, because he neither owns the property nor has any recordable interest in it. After searching through the exhibits both parties presented, the court can find no evidence that Hinds has any ownership interest directly in the property or in the purported limited liability company that is listed as the current owner. Hinds therefore cannot show that the foreclosure and sale of the property will cause him some form of cognizable injury and thus cannot establish standing in this case.

Accordingly, the court denies without prejudice Hinds' ex parte application for an emergency restraining order and preliminary injunction. The court further urges him to provide a recitation of the facts in his responses to the motions to dismiss filed by defendants Bank of America, N.A., (doc. # 5), and BSI, (doc. # 10), and explain his alleged interest in the property.1

III. Conclusion

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Hinds' ex parte application for an emergency restraining order and preliminary injunction, (doc. # 1-1 pp. 69-95), be, and the same hereby is, DENIED without prejudice.

FootNotes


1. Neither of these motions are yet ripe, and the court therefore does not address them at this time.
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