FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 27 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T O F AP PE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BRIAN PHILLIPS, No. 10-55158
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:09-cv-01486-H-BLM
v.
MEMORANDUM *
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., As Trustee
for the Registered Holders of Structured
Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage
Pass Through- Certificates Series 2007-
OSI and OCWEN LOAN SERVICING,
LLC,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
Marilyn L. Huff, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 14, 2010 **
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Brian Phillips appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
his Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”) and state law action arising out of a
foreclosure. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo.
King v. California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). We affirm in part, reverse
in part, and remand.
The district court properly dismissed Phillips’s TILA claim seeking
rescission because it was time-barred. See Miguel v. Country Funding Corp., 309
F.3d 1161, 1164 (9th Cir. 2002) (TILA’s right of rescission expires three years
after the date of consummation of the transaction or upon the sale of the property,
whichever occurs first). Phillips also failed to allege an ability to tender despite
being warned by the district court of this requirement and being given the
opportunity to do so. See Yamamoto v. Bank of N.Y., 329 F.3d 1167, 1171 (9th
Cir. 2003) (“[I]n applying TILA, a trial judge has the discretion to condition
rescission on tender by the borrower of the property he had received from the
lender.”) (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted).
The district court dismissed Phillips’s state law claims because he did not
make a valid offer to tender the amount that he was in default. However, Phillips
alleged that he was not in default because he had accepted, and abided by, two loan
modification agreement. These allegations, if true, could support a claim. See, e.g.
Bank of Am., N.A. v. La Jolla Grp. II, 28 Cal. Rptr. 3d 825, 827-29 (Cal. App.
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2005) (invalidating a foreclosure sale because the mortgagor had cured the default
before the sale). Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s judgment and remand
for further proceedings.
Phillips’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
Each party shall bear its own costs on appeal.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.
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