Case 5:16-cv-01518-JGB-DTB Document 31-1 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:247

1 GREEN & HALL, LLP

HOWARD D. HALL, State Bar No. 145024
2 hdhall@greenhall.com
RACHEL C. ZWERNEMANN, State Bar No. 286515
3 rzwernemann@greenhall.com
1851 East First Street, 10th Floor
4 Santa Ana, California 92705-4052
Telephone: (714) 918-7000
5 Facsimile: (714) 918-6996
6 Attorneys for Defendants
The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee
7 for Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments II Inc. Mortgage Pass-
8 Through Certificate Series 2005-AR8 and
Nationstar Mortgage LLC (erroneously
9 sued as Nation star Mortgage)
10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
11 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, EASTERN DIVISION
12
13 Socorro Diaz & Francisco Diaz, CASE NO. 5:16-cv-01518 JGB(DTBx)
14 Plaintiffs, JUDGE: Hon. Jesus G. Bernal
CTRM.: 1
15 vs.
DECLARATION OF RACHEL C.
16 GB Inland Properties, LLC and/or Its ZWERNEMANN RE: RULE 26(f)
Successors and/or Assignees In Interest; MEET AND CONFER ATTEMPTS
17 The Bank of New York Mellon as BY DEFENDANTS THE BANK OF
Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage NEW YORK MELLON AS
18 Investments II, Inc., Mortgage Pass TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED
through Certificates Series2005-AR8; ASSET MORTGAGE
19 Nation star Mortgage; Continental HL- INVESTMENTS II INC.
011 Trust; Rafael Perez; Quality Loan MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
20 Servicing, Platinum Capital Group and CERTIFICATE SERIES 2005-AR8
Does 1 through 100 Inclusive, AND NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE
21 LLC
Defendants.
22 Date: October 3, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM
23 Location: Courtroom 1
3470 Twelfth Street
24 Riverside, CA 92501
25
ACTION FILED: July 12, 2016
26 TRIAL DATE: None Set
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DECLARATION RE: RULE 26(f) MEET AND CONFER ATTEMPTS
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1 I, Rachel C. Zwernemann, declare as follows:

2 1. I am an attorney at law, duly licensed to appear in all courts in the state
3 of California. I am attorney with the law firm Green & Hall, LLP, counsel for
4 Defendants The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for Structured Asset
5 Mortgage Investments II Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate Series 2005-AR8
6 and Nationstar Mortgage LLC (errouneously sued as Nation star Mortgage).
7 2. On September 12, 2016 I called Plaintiffs at the telephone number
8 listed on their Complaint and left a voicemail for Plaintiffs to return my call so that
9 we could meet and confer pursuant to Rule 26(f) and the Court’s Order of August
10 18, 2016.
11 3. Right after the telephone call of September 12, 2016, I sent Plaintiffs an
12 e-mail to the address listed on their Complaint requesting that Plaintiffs return my
13 call to meet and confer prior to the Scheduling Conference.
14 4. Plaintiffs never returned my call or e-mail of September 12, 2016.
15 5. On September 16, 2016 I called Plaintiffs again at the telephone
16 number listed on their Complaint and left a voicemail for Plaintiffs to return my call.
17 6. As of today’s date Plaintiffs have not returned my calls or e-mail, or
18 otherwise attempted to participate in a conference of parties pursuant to Rule 26(f).
19 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
20 America that the foregoing is true and correct. This declaration is executed on
21 September 19, 2016 at Orange, California.
22 By: /s/ Rachel C. Zwernemann
23 Howard D. Hall
Rachel C. Zwernemann
24 Attorneys for Defendants
25 The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.
26 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate Series 2005-
27 AR8 and Nationstar Mortgage LLC
(erroneously sued as Nation star Mortgage)
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DECLARATION RE: RULE 26(f) MEET AND CONFER ATTEMPTS
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