Silvia Regina Lasko v. AMIP Management

I.

BACKGROUND

A. Nevada Litigation1

On July 27, 2017, Plaintiffs filed a complaint in Nevada state court, listing their claims as, inter alia, “predatory lending fraud,” “civil rights violation,” “loan origination fraud,” “MERS fraud,” “illegal collection practices,” “foreclosure fraud,” and “elder abuse.” [Doc. # 1-1 at 1–2.] Defendants included two entities also named as Defendants in the action in this Court: Countrywide Home Loans (“Countrywide”) and Caliber Home Loans (“Caliber”). Id.

Defendants subsequently removed the case to the District of Nevada. [Doc. # 1.] On October 15, 2019, Plaintiffs filed their first amended complaint (“FAC”) in that court. FAC [Doc. # 141]. In the FAC, they claimed that they fell victim to Defendants’ allegedly fraudulent and predatory lending schemes when financing their purchase of real property at 8604 Vivid Violet Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada by way of a deed of trust recorded on August 6, 2007. [See also Doc. # 132-1 at 2 (deed of trust).] The deed of trust identified “MERS” as the beneficiary. Id.

1 Citations in this section I(A) are to the docket for Silvia Regina Lasko, et al., v. HSBC, et al., Case No. 2:18-…