District Court, D. Massachusetts October 3, 2014, Civil Action No. 13-10640-NMG (Brickett v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.)

*309MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

Here we have a case involving the legality of a foreclosure of a residential mortgage after the homeowners had filed an application for a loan modification. Plaintiffs Vinny and Stephen Brickett (collectively, “the Bricketts”) brought suit in Massachusetts state court against HSBC Bank USA, N.A.