Hafiz
Hafiz v. Greenpoint Mortage Funding, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Alsup, J.
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND TO STATE COURT
INTRODUCTION
This is a motion to remand an action to state court for failure to join all co-defendants in removal. Plaintiff Hafiz filed a complaint in the California Superior Court for Contra Costa County against five defendants: (1) Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.; (2) Aurora Loan Services, LLC; (3) Quality Loan Service Corp.; (4) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; and (5) Marin Conveyancing Corp. The action was removed to this Court on April 21, 2009, by defendant Aurora. Plaintiff now seeks to remand this action on the ground that Aurora’s removal was procedurally defective. For the following reasons, the motion to remand is Denied.
STATEMENT
Plaintiff filed her complaint in Superior Court on April 7, 2009. Proof of service was entered on the Superior Court’s docket on April 14 as to Greenpoint, April 16 as to Aurora and Marin, April 17 as to Quality, and May 5 as to MERS. Plaintiff states that Quality and MERS were actually served on April 15 but that the proof of service was not recorded until later due to lag time in the docketing system. On April 20, Quality filed a declaration of non-monetary…