Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2011.

Waiver of right of respondents Bear Searns & Co., Inc. n/k/a JP Morgan Securities Inc.; JP Mortgage Acquisition Corp.; Washington Mutual Bank and Chase Bank U.S.A., N.A. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondents HSBC Finance Corporation, HSCB Securities (USA), Inc. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondents Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondents Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., n/k/a RBS Securities, Inc., et al. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Goldman, Sachs & Co. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondents Bank of America, N.A. and Countywide Securities Corporation to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent GMAC-RFC Holding Company to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent NovaStar Financial, Inc. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondents Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corp. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2011)

City of Cleveland, Ohio, Petitioner, represented by Joshua R. Cohen

Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Respondent, represented by Bernard E. LeSage

Bank of America, N.A. and Countywide Securities Corporation, Respondent, represented by Brian D. Boyle

Bear Searns & Co., Inc. n/k/a JP Morgan Securities Inc.; JP Mortgage Acquisition Corp.; Washington Mutual Bank and Chase Bank U.S.A., N.A., Respondent, represented by Michael N. Ungar

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Respondent, represented by William W. Jacobs

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., Respondent, represented by Jeffrey Q. Smith

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Respondent, represented by Thomas R. Lucchesi

GMAC-RFC Holding Company, Respondent, represented by Michael N. Beekhuizen

Goldman, Sachs & Co., Respondent, represented by Richard H. Klapper

Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., n/k/a RBS Securities, Inc., et al., Respondent, represented by Louis A. Chaiten

HSBC Finance Corporation, HSCB Securities (USA), Inc., Respondent, represented by David H. Kistenbroker

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Respondent, represented by Robert Neil Rapp

NovaStar Financial, Inc., Respondent, represented by Arland Thomas Stein

Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation, Respondent, represented by Brian P. Brooks

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corp., Respondent, represented by Keith A. Noreika