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Deramus v. Shapiro Schwartz LLP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION
Jun 26, 2020
CIVIL ACTION NO. H-19-4683 (S.D. Tex. Jun. 26, 2020)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-19-4683

06-26-2020

BILLY TROY DERAMUS, Plaintiff, v. SHAPIRO SCHWARTZ LLP and NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Defendants.


ORDER ADOPTING THE MEMORANDA AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING THE CASE WITH PREJUDICE

Based on a de novo review of the two memoranda and recommendations issued on June 2, 2020, by United States Magistrate Judge Christina A. Bryan, (Docket Entry Nos. 30, 31), this court adopts them as this court's own memoranda and opinions. The plaintiff, Billy Troy Deramus, did not object to the memoranda and recommendations.

Deramus's motion to supplement the complaint with a signature page, (Docket Entry No. 4), is granted.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC's motion to dismiss, (Docket Entry No. 9), is granted, and Deramus's motion to strike that filing, (Docket Entry No. 23), is denied. Shapiro Schwartz LLP's motion for judgment on the pleadings, (Docket Entry No. 29), to which Deramus did not respond, is granted. The court finds and concludes that Deramus failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and that amendment would be futile.

Most of the statutes Deramus sued under do not create a private cause of action. (See Docket Entry No. 30 at 3-5; Docket Entry No. 31 at 3-4). His remaining claims, under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3613, and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C. §§ 2601, et seq., are time-barred. (See Docket Entry No. 30 at 6-7; Docket Entry No. 31 at 5-6). Deramus also failed to include plausible factual allegations supporting his claims.

In his December 2019 Notice, (Docket Entry No. 6), Deramus appeared to attempt to bring another party, Dieu Truong, into the case. This effort is moot in light of the dismissal. --------

The case is dismissed with prejudice.

SIGNED on June 26, 2020, at Houston, Texas.

/s/_________

Lee H. Rosenthal

Chief United States District Judge


Summaries of

Deramus v. Shapiro Schwartz LLP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION
Jun 26, 2020
CIVIL ACTION NO. H-19-4683 (S.D. Tex. Jun. 26, 2020)
Case details for

Deramus v. Shapiro Schwartz LLP

Case Details

Full title:BILLY TROY DERAMUS, Plaintiff, v. SHAPIRO SCHWARTZ LLP and NATIONSTAR…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION

Date published: Jun 26, 2020

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-19-4683 (S.D. Tex. Jun. 26, 2020)

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