ROSLYNN R. MAUSKOPF, District Judge.
Presently before the Court are the proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong, Bankruptcy Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(c)(1). Those proposed findings relate to an adversary proceeding commenced by the debtor, Van E. Johnson ("Johnson"), arising out of his Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Johnson's claims, which allege abusive and discriminatory loan practices by the above-captioned defendants, derive from a loan and mortgage into which he entered in connection with the purchase of a home in 2006, and sound in violations of the New York State Banking Law, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Opportunity Act, and the Civil Rights Act.
As Judge Stong notes, (see Doc. No. 1-4 at 7), these claims do not arise under the Bankruptcy Code and could be asserted independently of Johnson's bankruptcy.
Any objections were due within fourteen days of the Bankruptcy Court's service of those proposed findings on the parties. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9033(b). Judge Stong's proposed findings, which are dated August 22, 2014, were served on the parties on August 24, 2014. (See Doc. No. 1-1.) The Bankruptcy Court transmitted those proposed findings to this Court fifteen days later, no objections having been filed on the bankruptcy docket as of that date. (See id.) This Court's own docket, likewise, reflects that no objections have been filed to date.
After examining the record de novo on the non-core matters addressed by Judge Stong, and pursuant to Rule 8013 on the core matters addressed by Judge Stong, the Court hereby adopts the proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law for the reasons set forth in Judge Stong's well-reasoned and extremely thorough decision. It is therefore,
ORDERED, that defendants' motions to dismiss Johnson's claims under the New York State Banking Law, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Opportunity Act, and the Civil Rights Act are hereby granted, and it is further
ORDERED, that Johnson is granted leave to re-plead those claims.
Accordingly, the Court directs that this adversary proceeding be returned to the Bankruptcy Court for further proceedings consistent with this Memorandum and Order. The Clerk of Court is further directed to close this case.
SO ORDERED.