Burden
Burden v. Serafin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHARMAINE S. BURDEN, Case No. 22-cv-03479-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE MOTION TO STAY
v. Re: Dkt. No. 46 ROBERT SERAFIN, et al., Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Charmaine S. Burden alleges that her sibling, Robert Serafin (“R. Serafin”), defaulted on a loan she made to him on March 20, 2002. The loan was secured by a mortgage on a property located in San Ramon, California. Plaintiff seeks the imposition of an equitable lien against the property, a judicial foreclosure, and to recover the balance of the debt owed. She alleges that Defendants R. Serafin and Madeline Serafin (“M. Serafin”) are married but separated, and that M. Serafin “has, or claims to have, some interest” in the property at issue. [Docket No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 3, 20.] M. Serafin now moves to stay this action pending resolution of Defendants’ dissolution of marriage proceedings. [Docket Nos. 46 (“Mot.”); 52 (“Reply”).] Plaintiff opposed (Docket No. 50 (“Opp’n”)) and R. Serafin did not…