NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FEB 27 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
RICHARD GEDDES and DELANIA No. 12-16550
GEDDES, husband and wife,
D.C. No. 2:12-cv-00667-FJM
Plaintiffs - Appellants, District of Arizona,
Phoenix
v.
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL MEMORANDUM*
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Wells
Fargo Asset Securities Corporation,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-15, a Delaware corporation;
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.
(“MERS”), a Delaware corporation;
WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; WELLS
FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.;
WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES
CORPORATION,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Frederick J. Martone, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted February 14, 2014
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as
provided by Ninth Cir. R. 36-3.
San Francisco, California
Before: TALLMAN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and GARBIS, Senior
District Judge.**
Richard and Delania Geddes brought a nine-count complaint in the Superior
Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, seeking to stop the non-judicial foreclosure of
their house after they defaulted on their loan payments. The case was removed to
federal court. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss under
Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Geddes v. HSBC Bank
USA, CV-12-0667-PHX-FJM, 2012 WL 1977277 (D. Ariz. June 1, 2012). The
Geddes appeal. Jurisdiction lies under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo,
Zadrozny v. Bank of New York Mellon, 720 F.3d 1163, 1167 (9th Cir. 2013), and
affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.
AFFIRMED.
**
The Honorable Marvin J. Garbis, Senior United States District Judge for the
District of Maryland, sitting by designation.
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