Taylor

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ROBERT TAYLOR, Case No. 22-cv-03914-JSC

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR

9 v. LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER

JURISDICTION

10 NATIONS DIRECT MORTGAGE, LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 59 11 Defendants.

12 13 This action arises out of foreclosure proceedings initiated by Nations Direct Mortgage, 14 LLC (“Nations”) against Robert Taylor for failure to make payments on his 2016 loan. Mr. 15 Taylor’s First Amended Complaint brings one claim for negligent review of loan modification 16 against Nations Direct and ZBS Law, LLP (“ZBS”). Defendants seek dismissal without leave to 17 amend, and in the alternative, dismissal of ZBS as a defendant. (Dkt. No. 60.)1 Plaintiff does not 18 dispute he cannot state a claim for negligent review of loan modification; instead, he seeks leave 19 to amend to allege two different state law claims. After carefully considering the parties’ 20 submissions, and having had the benefit of oral argument on December 21, 2023, the…