Opinion
2:21-cv-00349-JCM-DJA
01-13-2023
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, v. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE GROUP, INC.; FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY; LAWYERS TITLE OF NEVADA, INC., DOE INDIVIDUALS I through X; and ROE CORPORATIONS XI through XX, inclusive, Defendants.
WRIGHT, FINLAY & ZAK, LLP Lindsay D. Dragon, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, Bank of America, N.A., as Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP. EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT GIZER & McRAE LLP Scott E. Gizer, Esq. Attorney for Defendants, Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Lawyers Title of Nevada, Inc.
WRIGHT, FINLAY & ZAK, LLP Lindsay D. Dragon, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, Bank of America, N.A., as Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP.
EARLY SULLIVAN WRIGHT GIZER & McRAE LLP Scott E. Gizer, Esq. Attorney for Defendants, Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Lawyers Title of Nevada, Inc.
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO REMAND CASE
Plaintiff, Bank of America, N.A., as Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (“BANA”) and Defendants, Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. (“FNTG”); Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (“FNTIC”); Lawyers Title of Nevada, Inc. (“Lawyers Title” collectively the “Parties”), by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
1. On March 1, 2021, BANA filed its Complaint in Eighth Judicial District Court, Case No. A-21-830291-C [ECF No. 1-1];
2. On March 1, 2021, FNTIC filed a Petition for Removal to this Court [ECF No. 1];
3. On March 31, 2021, BANA filed its Motion for Remand [ECF No. 6] and Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs [ECF No. 7];
4. On April 21, 2021, the Parties entered into a Stipulation to stay the case [ECF No. 11], which was granted on April 26, 2021 [ECF No. 12];
5. On March 11, 2022, the Court entered an Order denying BANA's Motion for Remand and Motion for Attorney's Fees and Costs without prejudice [ECF No. 24];
6. On December 15, 2022, Defendants filed its Motion to Lift Stay, requesting that the Court set a deadline for BANA to refile its Motion for Remand [ECF No. 26];
7. On December 29, 2022, the Parties filed a Stipulation to 1) withdraw Defendants' Motion to Lift Stay, 2) set the deadline for BANA to renew its Motion for Remand, and 3) stay discovery pending the Court's resolution of the Motion for Remand [ECF No. 30]. The Court granted the Stipulation on January 6, 2023 [ECF No. 33].
8. Subsequently, the Parties conferred and agreed that this action should be remanded back to the Eighth Judicial District Court, District of Nevada.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED:
1. The Parties hereby stipulate and agree that the instant action shall be REMANDED back to state court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.