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Facts

• The case involves the Defendant, Paul Chandhok, appealing from the district court's order denying his motion to vacate judgment related to a mortgage note possession by HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2007-4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (the Bank).

Procedural History

• Appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County, Alan Malott, District Judge, March 19, 2018: The district court denied the Defendant's motion to vacate judgment.

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the judgment should be vacated, primarily restating arguments from his docketing statement and suggesting the motion to vacate judgment should be treated as a motion asserting the defense of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
• Plaintiff-Appellee (the Bank): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court's order denying the Defendant's motion to vacate judgment should be affirmed.
• Whether the Defendant's "Motion to Vacate Judgment" should be treated as a motion asserting the "defense of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted."

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the order of the district court denying the Defendant's motion to vacate.

Reasons

• Per LINDA M. VANZI, Chief Judge (M. MONICA ZAMORA, Judge, and EMIL J. KIEHNE, Judge, concurring): The Court found the Defendant's memorandum in opposition (MIO) almost exclusively restated arguments from his docketing statement without sufficiently addressing the proposed conclusion that the Plaintiff (the Bank) had met standing requirements. The Court disagreed with the Defendant's suggestion to treat his motion to vacate as a motion asserting the defense of failure to state a claim, noting that the Bank had possession of the mortgage note, indorsed in blank, at the time the complaint was filed, supporting the district court's conclusion (paras 1-3).