Koeppel

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC

8 REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Case No. 5:18-cv-03443-EJD

9 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE

10 v. PLEADINGS; GRANTING COUNTER-

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

11 GARY MERLE KOEPPEL, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 41, 62, 70 12 Defendants.

13 Plaintiff Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) has moved for 14 judgment on the pleadings. Counter-Defendants MERS, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, U.S. Bank, 15 N.A. and Wells Fargo, N.A. have moved to dismiss to dismiss the third-party complaint filed by 16 Defendants Gary Merle Koeppel and Emma K. Koeppel. Per Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), the Court 17 took these motions under submission without oral argument. Having considered the Parties’ 18 papers and the arguments therein, the Court GRANTS both motions. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 A. Factual Background 21 This case concerns a property on Outlook Drive in…