City of Sacramento v. Wells Fargo & Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CITY OF SACRAMENTO, No. 2:18-cv-00416-KJM-GGH Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER

WELLS FARGO & CO.; WELLS FARGO

BANK, N.A., Defendants. 17 In this suit for violations of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), defendants move for a stay pending resolution of a similar case on appeal before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. For the following reasons, the court DENIES Wells Fargo’s motion. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, the City of Sacramento, brings this suit against defendants, Wells Fargo Bank & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., alleging violations of the FHA and the FEHA. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that, since at least 2004, Wells Fargo has maintained a pattern and practice of discriminatory lending in Sacramento that constitutes redlining and reverse redlining.1 27 1 These terms are explained in more detail in the court’s order on defendants’ motion to…