IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division

ESTHER MAMMIE YATES, ) Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-2302 (RDA/LRV) NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, et al., ) Defendants. ORDER This matter comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation (“Recommendation”) issued by Magistrate Judge Lindsey R. Vaala on April 3, 2025. Dkt. 23. Appellant Esther Mammie Yates (“Appellant”) filed a Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to Appeal (Dkt. 4), Motion to Amend Statement of Issues on Appeal (Dkt. 6), Motion to Augment Record on Appeal (Dkt. 8), Motion to Strike Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to the Appeal (Dkt. 14), Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to the Appeal (Dkt. 16), and Motion to Strike Notice of Appearance and Response to Motion to Augment Record on Appeal (Dkt. 18). Magistrate Judge Vaala recommends granting Appellant’s Motion to Amend Statement of Issues on Appeal (Dkt. 6) and Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to the Appeal (Dkt. 16). Dkt. 23 at 1. Magistrate Judge Vaala further recommends denying Appellant’s Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to Appeal (Dkt. 4), Motion to Augment Record on Appeal (Dkt. 8), Motion to Strike Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to the Appeal (Dkt. 14), and Motion to Strike Notice of Appearance and Response to Motion to Augment Record on Appeal (Dkt. 18). /d Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), the deadline for submitting objections to Magistrate Judge F itzpatrick’s Recommendation was April 17, 2025. Jd. at 14. To date, no objections have been filed.

After reviewing the record and Magistrate Judge Vaala’s Recommendation, and finding no

clear error,! the Court hereby APPROVES and ADOPTS the Recommendation (Dkt. 23). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Appellant’s Motion to Amend Statement of Issues on Appeal (Dkt. 6) and

Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to the Appeal (Dkt. 16) are GRANTED; and it is FURTHER ORDERED that Appellees Nationstar Mortgage LLC; Robertson, Anschutz, Schneider & Crane, LLC; Gerard R. Vetter; and Rosenberg and Associates, LLC are DISMISSED

from the appeal; and it is FURTHER ORDERED that Appellant’s Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to Appeal (Dkt. 4) is DENIED AS MOOT; and it is FURTHER ORDERED that Appellant’s Motion to Augment Record on Appeal (Dkt. 8),

Motion to Strike Motion for Leave to Amend Parties to the Appeal (Dkt. 14), and Motion to Strike

Notice of Appearance and Response to Motion to Augment Record on Appeal (Dkt. 18) are

DENIED. The Clerk is directed to forward copies of this Order to Appellant and all counsel of record.

It is SO ORDERED. Alexandria, Virginia April 23, 2025 eee se tS Rossie D. Alston, Jr. United States District Judge

| See Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co.,

(4th Cir. 2005) (in the absence of any objections to a Magistrate Judge's Recommendation, the Court “need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must ‘only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation’”).