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HON. JAMES L. GARRITY, JR.
U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
Introduction
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On May 31, 2019, the Claimant, pro se, filed proof of claim number 1999 (the “Claim”) as
an unsecured claim in the amount of $250,000.00 against Ditech Holding Corporation (“Ditech”).
Claim at 1. The Claimant lists the basis of her claim as “RESP[A] violations, loss of credit
worthiness . . . see attached suit.” Id. As support for the Claim, she attaches a complaint (the
“Complaint”) that she filed against “Ditech,” “TIAA,” and “Everhome” on October 5, 2018, in the
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (the “District Court Action”).
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On October 17, 2021, the Consumer Claims Trustee filed her Forty-Ninth Omnibus Objection (the
“Objection”).
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In it, she objects to the Claim on the grounds that the Claimant fails to state a legal
claim for which relief can be granted. Objection, Ex. A (List of Claims) at 3. On or around
November 10, 2021, the Claimant, pro se, provided an informal response to the Consumer Claims
Trustee. On June 30, 2023, the Trustee filed the informal response (the “Response”)
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with the
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Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Objections, Claims Procedures Order, and Third Amended Plan, as applicable. References to “ECF No. __” are to
documents filed on the electronic docket in these jointly administered cases under Case No. 19-10412.
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Jacqueline McCoy Hamilton v. Ditech Financial LLC, No. 18-cv-01333 (W.D. La. filed Oct. 9, 2018). The docket
in the District Court Action is annexed to the Reply as Exhibit D. The Complaint is annexed to the Reply as Exhibit C.
The Court can properly take judicial notice of matters of public record. See Sutton ex rel. Rose v Wachovia Sec., LLC,
208 F. App’x 27, 30 (2d Cir. 2006) (summary order) (holding that filings and orders in other courts “are undisputably
matters of public record”); Ferrari v. County of Suffolk, 790 F. Supp. 2d 34, 38 n.4 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) (“In the Rule
12(b)(6) context, a court may take judicial notice of prior pleadings, orders, judgments, and other related documents
that appear in the court records of prior litigation and that relate to the case sub judice”); Kaplan v Lebanese Canadian
Bank, SAL, 999 F.3d 842, 854 (2d Cir. 2021) (“[Courts] must consider the complaint in its entirety, as well as other
sources courts ordinarily examine when ruling on Rule 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss, in particular, documents
incorporated into the complaint by reference, and matters of which a court may take judicial notice.”).
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Consumer Claims Trustee’s Forty-Ninth Omnibus Objection to Proofs of Claim (Insufficient Legal Basis
Unsecured Consumer Creditor Claims), ECF No. 3736.
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Response of Jacqueline McCoy to the Forty-Ninth Omnibus Objection to Proofs of Claim (Insufficient Legal Basis
Unsecured Consumer Creditor Claims) (Claim No. 1999), ECF 4796.
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