Martin Briones v. Penn Escrow

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 MARTIN BRIONES et al., Case № 2:20-cv-00454-ODW (RAOx)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

14 PENN ESCROW et al., AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST Defendants.

AMENDED COMPLAINT [22]

16 I. INTRODUCTION Before the Court is Defendant U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 19 Development’s (“HUD”) Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint 20 (“Motion”). (Mot. to Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 22.) For the reasons that follow, the 21 Court GRANTS the Motion.1 II. BACKGROUND In their First Amended Complaint, Plaintiffs Martin Briones and Shanell 24 Briones allege that, during Plaintiffs’ refinance of their home loan, Defendants Penn 25 Escrow and Nationstar Mortgage LLC failed to clear all of Plaintiffs’ loan obligations, 26 including a loan from HUD, which Plaintiffs have now been failing to make payments

28 1 Having…