Time and effort spent assembling materials for an application to modify a loan is a nominal damage that is not recoverable under the maxim de minimis non curat lex—i.e., the law does not concern itself with trifles. See Lueras v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, 221 Cal.App.4th 49, 79 (2013); see also Cal. Civ. Code § 3533 (“The law disregards trifles.”).

Skaff, 506 F.3d at 839–40 (“The ancient maxims of de minimis non curat lex and lex non curat de minimis teach that the law cares not about trifles.”); Jones v. Copeland, No. 07-11-00437-CV, 2012 WL 3536764, at *5–6 (Tex. App. Aug. 16, 2012) (claims for two and one-half bags of coffee, five pens, and a padlock were de minimus); see also Cal. Civ. Code § 3533 (West 2016) (“The law disregards trifles.”); Kullman v. Greenebaum, 28 P. 674, 674–75 (Cal.