Mealey's (October 23, 2019, 3:25 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Oct. 15 dismissed with prejudice a man’s claims brought under the California Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR) against JP Morgan Chase Bank and a loan servicing company, holding that the plaintiff is not a successor-in-interest under the statute because he acquired the property after his uncle died (Robert Branzuela v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, et al., No. 19-cv-02498-VC, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179277)....