Thomas v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
Plaintiff: James W. Thomas
Defendant: Nationstar Mortgage, LLC doing business as Mr. Cooper
Case Number: 2:2022cv00088
Filed: July 7, 2022
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Presiding Judge: LaKeysha Greer Isaac
Referring Judge: Halil S Ozerden
2 Judge: Robert H Walker
Nature of Suit: Contract: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 6, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 36 FINAL JUDGMENT in accordance with the Order entered granting Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, #18 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. This civil action is dismissed with prejudice. Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on 2/6/2023. (LDR)
February 6, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 35 Memorandum Opinion and Order granting re #18 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings . Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on 2/6/2023. (LDR)
November 29, 2022 ***Deadlines/Hearings terminated. Telephonic Case Management Conference set for 11-30-22 per Order - Docket No. 34. (NL)
November 22, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 34 ORDER granting #33 Unopposed Motion to Continue Initial Case Deadlines. Signed by Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac on 11/22/2022 (NL)
November 22, 2022 Opinion or Order TEXT ONLY ORDER. Counsel for plaintiff shall promptly notify the Magistrate Judge of a decision on the motions and shall submit a proposed order lifting the stay, if appropriate. Within fourteen (14) days of entry of the order lifting the stay, the parties shall confer in accordance with L.U.Civ.R.26(c), and all other deadlines will be determined accordingly. A telephonic case management conference shall be scheduled within sixty (60) days of the lifting of the stay. The parties should notify the Court by letter if within thirty (30) days of the lifting of the stay they have not received notice of the case management conference. NO FURTHER WRITTEN ORDER SHALL ISSUE. Signed by Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac on 11/22/2022 (NL)
November 18, 2022 Filing 33 Unopposed MOTION to Continue Initial Case Deadlines by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Rouse, John)
October 17, 2022 Filing 32 *RESTRICTED* DOCUMENTS (Exhibit 5 and Exhibit 6) pursuant to TEXT ONLY Order on Motion to Seal or Restrict Document, #23 Response in Opposition to Motion,, filed by James W. Thomas, #31 Notice of Conventional Filing filed by James W. Thomas. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 6)(LDR)
October 17, 2022 Filing 31 NOTICE OF CONVENTIONAL FILING filed by James W. Thomas. (LDR)
October 14, 2022 Filing 30 Rule 16(a) Initial Order Telephonic Case Management Conference set for 11/30/2022 02:30 PM before Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac. No later than seven (7) days prior to the TCMC, a confidential memorandum AND a proposed Case Management Order shall be submitted via e-mail to isaac_chambers@mssd.uscourts.gov. The parties are instructed to use the following Dial-in Number for the Conference: (888) 684-8852 PASSCODE: 3566012 (PLEASE NOTE: Parties are directed to use the Case Management Order Form 1 found on the Court's website - Last Updated: Jan 2022). (NL)
October 13, 2022 Filing 29 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC identifying Corporate Parent Nationstar Sub 1 LLC, Corporate Parent Nationstar Sub2 LLC, Corporate Parent Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., Other Affiliate BlackRock, Inc., Other Affiliate Mr. Cooper Group Inc., Other Affiliate The Vanguard Group, Inc. for Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. (Rouse, John)
October 4, 2022 Filing 28 REPLY to Response to Motion re #18 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Rouse, John)
October 4, 2022 Opinion or Order TEXT ONLY ORDER granting Plaintiff James W. Thomas's #27 Motion to File Documents Under Seal. Plaintiff's request is supported by clear and compelling reasons and is narrowly tailored to serve those reasons. The Clerk of Court shall, pursuant to Local Uniform Civil Rule 79(e)(3)(B)(2), restrict access to Exhibit 5 to Plaintiff's #23 Response to case participants and Court users only, and file as restricted access to case participants and Court users only, Exhibit 6 to Plaintiff's #23 Response. Plaintiff shall submit to the Clerk of Court a Notice of Conventional Filing along with the document to be filed restricted access. NO FURTHER WRITTEN ORDER WILL ISSUE FROM THE COURT. Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on October 4, 2022. (eb)
October 3, 2022 Filing 27 Unopposed MOTION to RESTRICT from public : Document #23 Response in Opposition to Motion,, by James W. Thomas (Moore, Peyton)
September 30, 2022 Filing 26 NOTICE of Appearance by Peyton J. Moore on behalf of James W. Thomas (Moore, Peyton)
September 30, 2022 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac: Telephonic Case Management Conference held on 9/30/2022. Participants: Peyton Moore and John Rouse. Court advised the parties that the Telephonic Case Management Conference would be continued pending determination on subject matter jurisdiction. (NL)
September 29, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 25 Order Requiring Plaintiff James W. Thomas to Establish Subject-Matter Jurisdiction by October 14, 2022. Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on September 29, 2022. (eb)
September 27, 2022 Filing 24 MEMORANDUM in Opposition re #18 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by James W. Thomas (McHard, Samuel)
September 27, 2022 Filing 23 RESPONSE in Opposition re #18 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by James W. Thomas (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Declaration of James Thomas, #2 Exhibit 2 - McHard Letter 2022.06.03, #3 Exhibit 3 - McHard Letter 2022.08.01, #4 Exhibit 4 - Emails, #5 Exhibit 5 - Settlement Check, #6 Exhibit 6 - Confidential Correspondence, #7 Exhibit 7 - Invoices, #8 Exhibit 8 - Nationstar Letter 2022.07.27, #9 Exhibit 9 - Overpayments to Thomas)(McHard, Samuel)
September 20, 2022 Filing 22 NOTICE of Service of Initial Disclosure by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Rouse, John)
September 20, 2022 Filing 21 NOTICE of Service of Initial Disclosure by James W. Thomas (McHard, Samuel)
September 12, 2022 Opinion or Order TEXT ONLY ORDER granting as unopposed Plaintiff James Thomas's Motion #20 for Extension of Time to File Response to Defendant Nationstar Mortgage's Motion #18 for Judgment on the Pleadings. Plaintiff's Response is now due on or before September 27, 2022. NO FURTHER WRITTEN ORDER WILL ISSUE FROM THE COURT. Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on September 12, 2022. (eb)
September 9, 2022 Filing 20 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to #18 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings by James W. Thomas (McHard, Samuel)
September 9, 2022 DOCKET ANNOTATION as to #20: Attorney is advised to include the correct magistrate judge assignment of LGI on future filed pleadings. This case was reassigned to Judge Isaac on 8/8/22. (RLW)
August 30, 2022 Filing 19 MEMORANDUM in Support re #18 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Rouse, John)
August 30, 2022 Filing 18 MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Rouse, John)
August 30, 2022 Filing 17 AMENDED ANSWER to #13 Amended Complaint, by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Complaint (Thomas v. Progressive) 2:21cv158, #2 Exhibit B - Recorded Deed of Trust, #3 Exhibit C - Attestation to Repair, #4 Exhibit D - June 16, 2022 Letter to Plaintiff from McHard, #5 Exhibit E - June 27, 2022 Letter from McHard to Nationstar, #6 Exhibit F - June 27, 2022 Letter from Nationstar to Plaintiff, #7 Exhibit G - Executed Mortgagors Affidavit, #8 Exhibit H - Payoff Statements, #9 Exhibit I - Recorded Deed of Release, #10 Exhibit J - Recorded Warranty Deed, #11 Exhibit K - August 29, 2022 Letter to McHard with Deed of Release)(Rouse, John)
August 27, 2022 Filing 16 Rule 16(a) Initial Order Telephonic Case Management Conference set for 9/30/2022 10:30 AM before Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac. No later than seven (7) days prior to the TCMC, a confidential memorandum AND a proposed Case Management Order shall be submitted via e-mail to isaac_chambers@mssd.uscourts.gov. The parties are instructed to use the following Dial-in Number for the Conference: (888) 684-8852 PASSCODE: 3566012(NL)
August 23, 2022 Opinion or Order TEXT ONLY ORDER denying Defendant's Motion #9 to Dismiss First Amended Complaint as moot in light of Plaintiff's filing of his Second Amended Complaint #13 and Defendant's Answer #15 . NO FURTHER WRITTEN ORDER WILL ISSUE FROM THE COURT. Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on August 23, 2022. (eb)
August 18, 2022 Filing 15 ANSWER to #13 Amended Complaint, by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Complaint (Thomas v. Progressive) 2:21-cv-00158, #2 Exhibit B -Recorded Deed of Trust, #3 Exhibit C Attestation to Repair, #4 Exhibit D - June 16, 2022 Letter to Plaintiff from McHard, #5 Exhibit E - June 27, 2022 Letter from McHard to Nationstar, #6 Exhibit F - June 27, 2022 Letter from Nationstar to Plaintiff, #7 Exhibit G Executed Mortgagors Affidavit, #8 Exhibit H - Payoff Statements, #9 Exhibit I - Executed Deed of Release)(Rouse, John)
August 8, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER OF RECUSAL - Magistrate Judge Bradley W. Rath recused and Case reassigned to Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac for all further proceedings. Signed by Magistrate Judge Bradley W. Rath on 8/8/2022 (ND)
August 4, 2022 Filing 13 AMENDED COMPLAINT against Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, filed by James W. Thomas. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Letter to Nationstar 06/03/2022, #2 Exhibit 2 - Deed of Trust, #3 Exhibit 3 - Check and Cover Letter)(McHard, Samuel) (Attachment 1 replaced on 8/4/2022) (LDR).
August 4, 2022 DOCKET ANNOTATION as to [13-1]: Scanned document contains blank and inverted page(s). PDF documents should be checked for errors before filing. Court staff has made the correction. (LDR)
August 2, 2022 Filing 12 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC identifying Corporate Parent Mr. Cooper Group Inc., Other Affiliate Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., Other Affiliate BlackRock, Inc., Other Affiliate The Vanguard Group, Inc. for Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. (Rouse, John)
August 1, 2022 Filing 11 ANSWER to #5 Amended Complaint by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC.(Rouse, John)
August 1, 2022 Filing 10 MEMORANDUM in Support re #9 MOTION to Dismiss First Amended Complaint filed by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Rouse, John)
August 1, 2022 Filing 9 MOTION to Dismiss First Amended Complaint by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Deed of Trust, #2 Exhibit B - Underlying Suit, #3 Exhibit C - McHard Letter, #4 Exhibit D - Attestation, #5 Exhibit E - McHard Demand Ltr)(Rouse, John)
August 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Magistrate Judge Bradley W. Rath for all further proceedings. Magistrate Judge Robert H Walker no longer assigned to case Signed by Chief District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III on 8/1/2022 (cwl)
August 1, 2022 Filing 7 SUMMONS Returned Executed by James W. Thomas. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC served on 7/28/2022, answer due 8/18/2022. (McHard, Samuel)
August 1, 2022 Parties should include the newly assigned Magistrate Judge's initials BWR on future filings. (cwl)
July 15, 2022 Filing 6 Summons Issued as to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. (LDR)
July 15, 2022 Filing 5 AMENDED COMPLAINT against Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, filed by James W. Thomas. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Correspondence to Nationstar)(McHard, Samuel)
July 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ORDER requiring Plaintiff to file an amended complaint establishing federal subject-matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff must file an amended complaint on or before July 22, 2022. Signed by District Judge Halil S. Ozerden on 7/14/2022. (lg)
July 11, 2022 Filing 3 SUMMONS Returned Executed by James W. Thomas. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC served on 7/11/2022, answer due 8/1/2022. (McHard, Samuel)
July 7, 2022 Filing 2 Summons Issued as to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. (LDR)
July 7, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Nationstar Mortgage, LLC ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number AMSSDC-4877782), filed by James W. Thomas. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Exhibit 1 - Correspondence to Nationstar)(LDR)

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Plaintiff: James W. Thomas
Represented By: Samuel S. McHard
Represented By: Peyton J. Moore
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Defendant: Nationstar Mortgage, LLC doing business as Mr. Cooper
Represented By: John T. Rouse
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