Opinion
C23-1725-JCC
12-04-2023
FRANK LOPA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AFFINIA DEFAULT SERVICES, LLC, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
JOHN C. COUGHENOUR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Toorak Capital Partners, LLC's unopposedmotion for referral to bankruptcy court. (Dkt. No. 9.) The pending action consists of a Consumer Protection Act claim against Defendant Toorak Capital Partners, LLC. (Dkt. No. 9 at 2.) Plaintiffs have filed a bankruptcy petition in the Eastern District of New York. (Dkt. No. 11 at 2.) In that petition, they assert that their claims in this case, which Defendants removed from state court, should be adjudicated by the bankruptcy court. (Id.) And, as a matter of course, this Court refers proceedings related to such cases to bankruptcy judges. See LCR 87(a); Burdette v. Emerald Partners LLC, 2015 WL 4394859, slip op. at 2 (W.D. Wash. 2015).
Plaintiff failed to file a brief in opposition, as provided by LCR 7(d). The Court takes this failure “as an admission that the motion has merit.” LCR 7(b)(2).
Accordingly, Defendant's motion (Dkt. No. 9) is GRANTED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to REFER this case to the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington following which Defendant will move to transfer to the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. The motions to withdraw (Dkt. Nos. 6, 10) are hereby MOOTED.