Mendez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSEPH WILLIAM NOVAK, No. 2:20-cv-01721 JAM AC PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER and TINA MENDEZ, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is proceeding in this matter pro se, and pre-trial proceedings are accordingly referred to the magistrate judge pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). Pending is a motion to dismiss from all remaining defendants: Tina M. Mendez and Prober & Raphael, a Law Corporation. ECF No. 21. Defendant Americhem Mortgage Company, LLC has been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff. ECF No. 19. Plaintiff did not oppose the motion but did move to strike it. ECF No. 26. Based on a review of the record, the court recommends that the motion to strike be DENIED and the motion to dismiss be GRANTED, and that this case be closed. I. BACKGROUND A. Procedural History Plaintiff Joseph-William Novak initiated this wrongful foreclosure action in pro…