Welte
Welte v. Wells Fargo Bank National Ass'n
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Bernal, J.
Proceedings: Judgment and Order GRANTING Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 75)
Before the Court is Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.’s Motion for Summary Judgment. (Dkt. No. 75.) After consideration of the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, and the argument presented at the May 23, 2016 hearing, the Court GRANTS the motion.
I. BACKGROUND
On March 12, 2013, Plaintiff Clarisa A. Welte (“Plaintiff’ or “Clarisa”) filed a complaint against Defendants Wells' Fargo Bank, N.A (“Wells Fargo”), Federal National Mortgage , Association (“Fannie Mae”), and Shaun Donovan, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”). (Complaint, Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiffs claims relate to a reverse mortgage that her now-deceased husband, Kenneth Welte, purchased from Wells Fargo in 2005. .
*968 On April 18, 2013, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint, (Dkt. No. 8), which the Court granted in part and denied in part on May 29, 2013, (May 29, 2013 Order, Dkt. No. 16). After Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint, (Dkt. No. 17), Defendants filed another motion to dismiss, (Dkt. No. 19), which the Court granted in part and.…