(PS) Matthews v. Caliber Home Loans

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DESMAL S. MATTHEWS, No. 2:19–cv–2463–KJM–KJN (PS) Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING PREVIOUS ORDER

AND DENYING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION TO DISMISS AS MOOT CALIBER HOME LOANS, et al., (ECF Nos. 3, 7) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff filed an action in California state court, and on December 9, 2019, Defendant removed to this court. (ECF No. 1.) On December 16, 2019, Defendant filed a motion to dismiss and set it for a January 16, 2020 hearing. (ECF No. 3.) Under the court’s local rules, Plaintiff was obligated to file a response at least fourteen days prior to the hearing: January 2, 2020. See E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(c). The morning of January 7, the Court reviewed the docket in this case and noted Plaintiff’s apparent failure to file an opposition. (ECF No. 7.) Given that Plaintiff was pro se, the Court ordered the hearing continued to February 13, 2020. (Id.) Later that morning, Defendants submitted a notice that Plaintiff failed…