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MEMORANDUM & ORDER   Pro se plaintiff Alex Amner Borukhov (“Plaintiff”) brings this action against defendants Ralph Vartolo, Esq. and Friedman Vartolo LLP (together, the “Vartolo Defendants”) and Wilmington National Trust Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee for MFRA Trust 2015-1 (“Wilmington”). (Am. Compl., D.E. 15.) Plaintiff seeks to challenge the foreclosure of certain real property on various grounds. Before the Court are motions to dismiss the Amended Complaint in its entirety from the Vartolo Defendants (Vartolo Mot., D.E. 19; Vartolo Reply, D.E. 24) and Wilmington (Wilmington Mot., D.E. 20; Wilmington Reply, D.E. 25). Plaintiff filed one opposition to both motions. (Opp., D.E. 23.) For the following reasons, Defendants’ motions are GRANTED and all claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. BACKGROUND The Court takes the following facts from the Amended Complaint and state court documents relating to the foreclosure. See Sorgente v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 18-CV-7100, 2020 WL 2837021, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. May 28, 2020) (the Court may take judicial notice of state court documents in a pro se plaintiff’s challenge to a foreclosure). Approximately eleven years ago, on or about May 19, 2009, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as purchaser of the loans and other assets of Washington Mutual Bank, commenced a foreclosure action (the “Foreclosure Action”) against Plaintiff in New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County. (Am. Compl., ECF pp. 6-71; Parker Decl. Ex. 1, State Foreclosure Action Complaint, Index No. 9787/2009 (“Foreclosure Compl.”), D.E. 20-2). On or about June 1, 2007, Plaintiff executed an adjustable rate note promising to pay $991,250.00 with interest on the unpaid balance of a debt. As security for the note, Plaintiff executed a mortgage in the amount of $991,250.00, which was recorded in Nassau County on June 8, 2007. The mortgaged premises are 7 Oxford Boulevard, Great Neck, New York, 11023.2 (Foreclosure Compl. at

 
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