Contreras et al v. Nationstar, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Eugenio Contreras, Rosa Contreras, William Phillips, Melva Phillips, Teresa Barney, Keith Marcel, Teresa Marcel, Sherlie Charlot, Colleen Ann O'Halloran, Jennie Miller and Edward Yager
Defendant: Nationstar, LLC and Solutionstar, LLC
Case Number: 2:2016cv00302
Filed: February 12, 2016
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of California
Office: Sacramento Office
County: San Joaquin
Presiding Judge: Edmund F. Brennan
Presiding Judge: Morrison C. England
Nature of Suit: Other Contract
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1330
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 187 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 1/17/2024 GRANTING 183 Request to Seal. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
December 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 186 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., on 12/13/23 GRANTING 184 the Parties' Joint Motion for leave to Complete a Secondary Distribution of Settlement Funds. (Kastilahn, A)
November 15, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 182 FINAL APPROVAL ORDER AND JUDGMENT signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 11/14/2022 ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED 163 that this Final Approval Order and Judgment incorporates by reference the definitions in the Settlement Agreement. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the Litigation and over all of the Parties to the Litigation. For purposes of settlement only, the Parties have stipulated to the certification of three Settlement Classes under FRCP. 23, defined as all Settlement Class Members who do not request exclusion from the Settlement and meet the criteria. The Court APPOINTS Keller Rohrback L.L.P. and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP as Class Counsel for the Settlement Classes, and Named Plaintiffs Eugen io and Rosa Contreras, Sherlie Charlot, and Jennie Miller as class representatives for the Settlement Classes. In addition to any recovery that the Named Plaintiffs may receive under the Settlement, and in recognition of the Named Plaintiffs' ef forts and risks taken on behalf of the Settlement Classes, the Court hereby APPROVES the payment of Service Awards to the three Named Plaintiffs in the amount of $10,000.00 each or $30,000.00 total. The Court APPROVES 164 the payment of A ttorneys' Fees to Class Counsel in the sum of $2,150,000.00 and the reimbursement of litigation Expenses in the sum of $226,585.83. The Court APPROVES and ORDERS payment to the Settlement Administrator, A.B. Data, Ltd., in the amount o f $104,554.92 for its performance of its settlement claims administration services provided to date, and further approves and orders payment to A.B. Data, Ltd. from the Settlement Fund for completion of the primary distribution in the amount of $183,961.18. This Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters related to the administration and consummation of the Settlement, and any and all claims, asserted in, arising out of, or related to the subject matter of the Litigation, including but not limited to all matters related to the Settlement and the determination of all controversies related thereto. CASE CLOSED(Reader, L)
October 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 171 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 10/9/2022 GRANTING 170 Request to Extend the Seal. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
July 5, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 161 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 07/01/22 ORDERING that, per 158 Stipulation, named Plaintiff William Phillips' individual claims against Defendants are DISMISSED in their entirety and with prejudice. This dismissal is without prejudice as to the rights of putative class members whom William Phillips previously sought to represent in this action. (Benson, A.)
May 13, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 156 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 5/12/2022 DISMISSING Teresa Barney's and Keith and Teresa Marcel's individual claims against Defendants in their entirety and with prejudice; DISMISSING Eugenio and Rosa Contreras� 39; and Sherlie Charlot's individual Inspection Fee Claims against Defendants in their entirety and with prejudice; and DISMISSING Eugenio and Rosa Contreras', Sherlie Charlot's, and Jennie Miller's Convenience Fee Claims asserted on behalf of putative class members who reside in states other than California, Florida, or Illinois. (Coll, A)
March 24, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 150 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 3/23/2022 EXTENDING to 3/30/2022, to execute the Settlement Agreement. The Parties anticipate filing the motion for preliminary approval of the settlement within 30 days after the settlement is executed.(Reader, L)
December 27, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 146 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 12/27/2021 ORDERING discovery and all existing dates in this case are VACATED pending completion of the parties' participation in voluntary mediation. DENYING without prejudice 133 Motion to Certify Class, to renewal, if appropriate, once those proceedings have concluded. Joint Status Report due not later than 2/1/2022.(Reader, L)
December 3, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 142 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 12/2/2021 EXTENDING the deadline for the filing of Plaintiffs' Reply in support of 133 Motion to Certify Class by 14 days to 1/12/2022. (Huang, H)
November 23, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 139 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 11/23/2021 GRANTING 137 Request to Seal Documents by Defendants Nationstar Mortgage LLC, et al. (Donati, J)
September 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 135 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 9/30/2021 GRANTING 132 Request to Seal. The referenced document shall be sealed for a period of one year from the date this Order is electronically filed. Should the parties believe an extension of this sealing order is warranted, they may seek such an extension prior to the expiration of the one-year period. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
September 21, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 131 ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 09/21/21, per 130 Stipulation, PERMITTING parties to file briefs of up to 30 pages in length for Plaintiffs' Motion and Defendants' Opposition. (Benson, A.)
May 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 129 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 5/19/2021 EXTENDING deadlines as follows: Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Plaintiffs) 09/03/2021; Plaintiffs' Deadline to File Motion for Cla ss Certification 09/22/2021; Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Defendants) 10/20/2021; Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification 11/17/2021; Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Class Certification 12/29/2021; Class-Certification Expert Discovery Cutoff 1/22/2022; Merits discovery cutoff 4/22/2022; Disclosure of Expert Witnesses 5/25/2022; Rebuttal Expert Reports 07/01/2022; Expert Discovery Cutoff 08/08/2022; and Deadline for Parties to File Dispositive Motions 09/02/2022. (Becknal, R)
January 29, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 127 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 1/29/2021 EXTENDING deadlines as follows: Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Plaintiffs) 05/14/2021; Plaintiffs' Deadline to File Motion for Class Cer tification 06/04/2021; Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Defendants) 07/02/2021; Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification 07/30/2021; Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Class Ce rtification 09/10/2021; Class-Certification Expert Discovery Cutoff 09/24/2021; Merits discovery cutoff 12/13/2021; Disclosure of Expert Witnesses 02/04/2022; Rebuttal Expert Reports 03/14/2022; Expert Discovery Cutoff 04/18/2022; Deadline for Parties to File Dispositive Motions 05/16/2022. (Zignago, K.)
October 13, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 124 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 10/13/2020 EXTENDING DEADLINES as follow: Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Plaintiffs) 02/03/2021; Plaintiffs' Deadline to File Motion for Class Cer tification 2/24/2021; Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Defendants) 03/24/2021; Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification 04/21/2021; Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Class Certification 06/02/2021; Class-Certification Expert Discovery Cutoff 06/16/2021; Merits discovery cutoff 09/03/2021; Disclosure of Expert Witnesses 10/28/2021. Rebuttal Expert Reports 12/03/2021; Expert Discovery Cutoff 01/07/2022. Deadline for Parties to File Dispositive Motions 02/04/2022. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
July 16, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 121 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 7/16/2020 EXTENDING Schedule deadlines as follows: Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Plaintiffs) 10/21/2020. Plaintiffs' Deadline to File Motion for C lass Certification 11/11/2020. Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Defendants) 12/9/2020. Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification 1/6/2021. Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Class Certification 2/17/2021. Class-Certification Expert Discovery Cutoff 3/3/2021. Merits discovery cutoff 5/21/2021. Disclosure of Expert Witnesses and Information 7/15/2021. Rebuttal Expert Reports 8/20/2021. Expert Discovery Cutoff due by 9/24/2020. Deadline to file Dispositive Motions 10/22/2021.(Mena-Sanchez, L)
May 5, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 113 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 5/4/2020 ORDERING that Plaintiffs shall file the third amended class action complaint within seven days. Defendants answer shall be filed fourteen (14) days after service of the TAC. (Zignago, K.)
May 1, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 111 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 5/1/2020 EXTENDING deadlines as follows: Motion for Class Certification due 8/4/2020; Designation of Expert Witnesses due by 4/15/2021; Discovery due by 3/22/2021; Dispositive Motions filed by 7/23/2021. (Zignago, K.)
January 6, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 108 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 1/6/20 EXTENDING Discovery deadlines. Merits discovery cutoff EXTENDED to 1/20/2021. Disclosure of Expert Witnesses and Information Required by Rule 26(a)(2) EXTENDED to 2/15/2021. Deadline for Parties to File Dispositive Motions EXTENDED to 5/24/2021. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
August 1, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 106 AMENDED STIPULATION and PROTECTIVE ORDER for the treatment of confidential information signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 8/1/19. (Kastilahn, A)
July 23, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 103 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 7/22/19 EXTENDING Discovery Deadline as follows: Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Plaintiffs) 1/14/20; Plaintiffs' Deadline to File Motion for Cl ass Certification 2/4/20; Class Certification Amended Expert Report Deadline (for Defendants) 3/2/20; Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification 3/23/20; Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Class Cer tification 5/4/20; Class-Certification Expert Discovery Cutoff 5/18/20; Merits discovery cutoff 7/20/2020; Disclosure of Expert Witnesses and Information Required by Rule 26(a)(2) 8/14/2020; Rebuttal Expert Reports 9/22/20; Expert Discovery Cutoff 10/26/20; Deadline for Parties to File Dispositive Motions 11/24/2020. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
July 2, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 98 ORDER AFTER HEARING signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/1/2019 ORDERING plaintiffs' 95 request to file documents under seal is GRANTED IN PART. Defendants' 93 request to file documents under seal is GRANTED. Plaintiffs' 89 motion to compel defendants to produce documents without redactions is GRANTED. Defendants' 90 motion for a protective order is DENIED. (Zignago, K.)
April 9, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 85 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 4/8/19 EXTENDING the case deadlines as follows: Answer to Second Amended Complaint due by 4/15/19. Class Certification Amended Expert Report due by 8/15/19. Class-Certificat ion Expert Discovery Cutoff is 9/13/19. Motion for Class Certification due by 10/4/19. Opposition to Plaintiffs Motionfor Class Certification due by 11/15/19. Reply in Support of Motion for ClassCertification due by 12/13/19. Merits discovery cutoff is 3/20/20. Disclosure of Expert Witnesses due by 4/17/20. Rebuttal Expert Reports due by 5/22/20. Expert Discovery Cutoff is 6/26/20. Dispositive Motions filed by 7/24/20. (Coll, A)
March 21, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 82 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 3/20/19. Defendants will file a response to the operative Second Amended Complaint no later than 4/1/2019. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
February 19, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 79 ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 2/14/19 GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART 53 Motion to Dismiss consistent with this order and GRANTING plaintiff 20 days to file an Amended Complaint. (Coll, A)
January 4, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 71 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 1/2/2019 ORDERING the following deadlines EXTENDED: Class-Certification Expert Discovery cutoff EXTENDED to 4/11/2019; Plaintiffs' deadline to file Motion for Class Certif ication EXTENDED to 4/25/2019; Defendants opposition to Plaintiffs Motion for Class Certification EXTENDED to 05/22/2019; Plaintiff's Reply in Support of Motion for Class Certification EXTENDED to 06/07/2019; Merits discovery cutoff EXTENDED to 9/13/2019; Disclosure of Expert witnesses and information EXTENDED to 10/11/2019; Rebuttal Expert Reports EXTENDED to 11/15/2019; Expert Discovery Cutoff EXTENDED to 12/27/2019; Deadline for Parties to file Dispositive Motions EXTENDED to 1/24/2020. (Washington, S)
December 21, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 68 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 12/21/18 GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART 55 Motion to Compel as detailed in the Order. (Benson, A.)
September 18, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 48 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 09/17/18 GRANTING 31 Motion to Amend the Complaint; plaintiffs are directed to file their Second Amended Complaint within 5 days. Defendants' pending 28 Motion to Dismiss is DENIED without prejudice. (Benson, A.)
May 14, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 44 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 05/14/18. (Benson, A.)
May 10, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 42 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/9/18 governing the production of hard copy documents and electronically stored information. (Kaminski, H)
September 14, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 27 STIPULATION AND ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 9/13/2017 ORDERING Defendant Solutionstar, LLC to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the 22 First Amended Complaint by 10/31/2017. (Michel, G.)
September 6, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 9/5/2017 ORDERING: Within sixty (60) days from the date of this Order the parties shall meet and confer regarding their discovery plan. All discovery, with the exception of expert discovery, s hall be completed no later than three hundred sixty-five (365) days from the date of this Order. All counsel are to designate in writing and serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert that they propose to ten der at trial not later than sixty (60) days after the close of discovery. Supplemental List due within thirty (30) days after the designation of expert witnesses. The parties shall file dispositive motions no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the close of non-expert discovery. The parties are ordered to file a Joint Notice of Trial Readiness not later than thirty (30) days after receiving this Courts ruling(s) on the last filed dispositive motion(s). If the parties do not intend to file dispositive motions, the parties are ordered to file a Joint Notice of Trial Readiness not later than thirty (30) days after the close of the designation of supplemental expert witnesses. This Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order will become final without further order of the Court unless objections are filed within sixty (60) days of service on all defendant(s). (Washington, S)
August 10, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 19 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., on 8/9/17, ORDERING that Defendants' 11 Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. (See order for further details.) (Kastilahn, A) Modified on 8/10/2017 (Kastilahn, A).
May 6, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 13 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 5/5/16: Plaintiffs shall file their opposition to the motion to dismiss no later than June 16, 2016 and Defendants will file their reply to plaintiffs' opposition no later than July 7, 2016. (Kaminski, H)
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Plaintiff: Eugenio Contreras
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Plaintiff: Colleen Ann O'Halloran
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Plaintiff: Jennie Miller
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Plaintiff: Edward Yager
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