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IINITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAI\TD

)
In re: Mortgage Foreclosure Cases

) ) ) ORDER

Misc. No. I 1-mc-88-M-LDA

At the request of the Chief Judge, all mortgage foreclosure

cases currently venued

in the United States District Court for the Disfrict of Rhode Island are assigned to Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. and to Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond and all mortgage foreclosure cases

filed here in the future will be assigned to Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. and to Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond.

Z. 3. 4-

A list of pending mortgage foreclosure cases currently subject to this Order

is

attached hereto as Exhibit A-

All

mortgage foreclosure cases (currently filed and to be filed in the

fut[e)

are

subject to this Order.

A1l mortgage foreclosure cases are hereby STAYED and shall remain so until

suspended. Counsel further order of the Court. Any deadlines for filings on any issue are hereby
are permitted to frle Notices of Appearance.

5.

The Court will establish a Master Docket (ll-mc-88-M-LDA) captioned In re:

by the Mortgage Foreclosure cases stictly for the pqpose of case management

court' counsel

shall not file anything in the shall continue filing all papers in their individual cases only; counsel Master Docket unless instructed to by the Coutt'

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For efficient communication with the Court and adminishation of these

cases,

counsel shall meet and confer and select liaison counsel (see Manual

for

Complex Litigation

(Fourth) $10.22 (2004)), two for all plaintiffs and two for all defendants. The parties shall notify
the Court on or before Septgmber 2. 20l
7

of their selections. parties

The Court

will require all

in all mortgage foreclosure cases to

engage in

directed and serious settlement discussions prior to the lifting of the stay io any individual case.

8.

The Court is considering the appoinhnent of a Master pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. p.

53 in order to assist with pre-trial matters and facilitate settlement in the individual cases. Any

party wishing to be heard on this matter, including on the suggestion

of

candidates for

appoinnnent as Master, shall file such comments on or before September 2. 2011.

9.

The Court

will

hear argument on the standing issue in Plaintiffs' Objections to the

Reports and Recommendations

n Frlzel v. Mortgage Electronic

Registration Systems, Inc., et

Systems,

al. (C.4. No. 10-352-M) and Cosajay v. Mortgage Electronic Registration

Inc., et al.

(C.A. No. 10442-W on Sentember 13.2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3. Anyparty subject

to this Order that is not a parly to the aforementioned two individual cases wishing to file
amicus brief on the standing issue shall do so

an

aforementioned two individual cases will be allowed to present oral argument.

(P
by

September

2.2011. Only

counsel

in

the

John J. McConnell, Jr. United States District Judge

August

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EXHIBIT 4A''
MORTGAGE FORECLOSIIRE CASES

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10-068 10-160 Mclaueblin v. American Ho 10-215 Rezendez v. Option One 10-268 *ee+rldEFs L0-352 .Jrreelxl4Ens
10-442

Tracy v. Deutche Bank ,! . v Medeiros v. Option One

r " / /

Josaia6rrl:*ffiR$'

10'481 Aceto v. AmericgdBrokers 11-004 Moll v. MERS / 11-007 Cerbo v. Argent Mlcg.Y 17-022 Tavares v. MERS t/
1

11-046 Acetov. MERS ','/ / 11-097 DelDeo v. OPtion One/

1-028 -A+cHbald-v.i4ER$

ll-I23
17-124

Boudreau v- OPtion Ane,

Rod;ieuezv. MERS

'll

f ,,

11-170@
l1-189 Lehoullier v' E. Loan ll-219 -Wl*-lrye[s+ar*o ll-23?- Curi v. Amgriquest Mortgage 1l-237 DiGiorgio v. MERS

ll-241 Neves v. Ameriquest ll-256 Tavares v. MERS lI-257 Grenav- MERS

ColluPYv. MERS Ll-272 Kaskel v. MERS 1l-278 DiNezza v- MERS l1-283 Hillierv- MERS 11-284 Rivera v. OPtion One 11-285 Fasulo v- MERS 11-286 Pries v- MERS 11-288 Aver v- MERS 1i-289 Barbozav. MERS ll-290 MacKaY v. MERS 11-291 Dolan v- MERS ll-2g5 Azevedo v. America's Wholesale Lenders 11-296 Menta v. MERS

11-262

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38. ll-300 39. 11-30s 40. 1l-306 41. tt-3w 42. ll-309

Paghamv. MERS

4.

43.

11-311

r1-312

Sullivanv. MEF"S Forrestv. Wells Fargo 14 Dtrmouchelle v. Equity Concepts Roblesv. MERS Williams v. MERS Boisdbu v. National City Bank

45. l1-316 46. l1-317 Kinderv.lvgns 47. 11-318 Vargas v. MERS 48. 11-319 Cunierv. MERS 49. ll-320 Nent*Bev*ffiRS) 50. tt-321 I-ffitnlg-*I@Rs,

sl.

7r-324

52. 53. s4. s5. 56. ll-338 57. 1l-346 58. ll-347 59. ll-353 60. l1-3sE 61. 11-363 62. ll-366 63. 11-369

Gallagberv. MERS Inv. MERS 11-330 LL-332 '-Picardv. MERS 1l-333 Ciccone v. Aurora Loan Services ll-334 D Knight Real Eshtev. MERS

Bemillov.MERS I,rllprzv. MERS Benjaminv. MERS

Santana v. HSBC Bank

Guerrav. MER^S Mandarelliv. MER.S Femminellav. WAIvIU Newberryv. MERS

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