Mealey's (December 17, 2020, 2:04 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Dec. 15 ruled that remand of a borrower’s lawsuit against a loan servicer, foreclosure trustee and financial institution that purchased the borrower’s home in a trustee’s sale is not warranted because the foreclosure trustee was fraudulently joined in the litigation (Estrellita De Venecia v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, et al., No. 20-1330, E.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 235844)....