In re Wells Fargo Mortgage Modification Litigation

A federal court issued an order on April 20, 2026 in In re Wells Fargo Mortgage Modification Litigation, docket 24-cv-01358. The case consolidates claims against Wells Fargo over its handling of mortgage modifications — the same conduct that drew a 2018 consent order from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and years of regulatory scrutiny over the bank's loan servicing practices.

The docket number places the original filing in 2024, though the precise date is not yet confirmed in available records. No judge assignment appears in the current docket data, which suggests either a recent reassignment or a gap in the public record. The April 20 order is the most recent docket activity, but its substance is not yet detailed beyond a general court action entry.

The case caption — 'In re' — signals a consolidated or multidistrict proceeding, meaning multiple plaintiffs or related actions have been folded into a single docket. That structure typically follows a finding by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that common questions of fact warrant centralized pretrial handling.

The core dispute appears to center on whether Wells Fargo improperly denied, delayed, or miscalculated mortgage modifications for borrowers who qualified under federal programs or the bank's own guidelines.

Wells Fargo has faced this allegation before. The bank admitted in 2018 that a software error caused it to incorrectly deny trial loan modifications to roughly 625 borrowers, some of whom lost their homes to foreclosure as a result.

Whether this litigation tracks that same conduct, extends it to a broader class, or raises distinct claims is not yet clear from the available record. The transcript order entered on April 20 — docket entry 139 — suggests active pretrial proceedings, likely a hearing whose record the parties or court needed preserved.