In Re Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Mortgage Servicing Litigation

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in this class action have been permitted to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) from the district judge’s refusal to dismiss, as preempted by the Home Owners Loan Act (“HOLA”), 12 U.S.C. §§ 1461 et seq., and implementing regulations promulgated by the Office of Thrift Supervision, 12 C.F.R. §§ 560.1 et seq., the plaintiffs’ claims under California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania law. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367 (supplemental jurisdiction), the plaintiffs appended these state-law claims to their federal-law claims, upon which the district…