that plaintiffs have not sufficiently pled an express 'assumption of liability” (citation omitted)); Brockway v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, No. 11CV2982 JM (BGS), 2012 WL 4894253, *3 (S.D.Cal. Oct. 15, 2012) (“The SAC simply alleges that Wells Fargo ‘expressly or impliedly agreed to assume all of DREXEL’s liabilities under the Deed of Trust---- Such conelusory allegations do ‘not unlock the doors of discovery for a plaintiff armed with nothing more than conclusions.’ While an allegation that Defendants either ‘expressly or impliedly agreed to assume all of DREXEL’s liabilities’ raises the possibility of an assumption of liabilities, it does not show that Plaintiff is entitled to relief under [Rule] 8(a)(2)”); Pantoja v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 640 F.Supp.2d 1177, 1192 (N.D.Cal.2009) (<HOLDING>). See also Owens v. Bank of America, N.A., No.
holding successor national bank liable for punitive damages judgment against bank that merged into successor national bank holding that a plaintiff who alleged that bank of america was responsible and liable for the actions of countrywide and who pled no facts beyond the purchase of countrywide by bank of america had failed to plead sufficient facts to support a claim against the bank holding that a bank owed no duty of care to a noncustomer who was defrauded by a bank depositer since the bank had no direct relationship with the noncustomer holding that a bank customer did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in records maintained by the bank recognizing that a bank customer may have a tort claim against a bank for the wrongful dishonor of a check