UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-D

ASSET-BACKED ISSUER DISTRIBUTION REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the monthly distribution period from:

~~July~~August 2826, 2015 to ~~August~~September 25, 2015

Commission File Number of issuing entity: 333-159791-04

Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2

(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number of depositor: 333-159791-01

Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc.

(Exact name of depositor as specified in its charter)

RWT Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

New York

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the issuing entity)

38-3851354

38-3851355

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

c/o Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 14^th Floor

New York, New York

10013

(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)

(Zip Code)

(212) 816-5693

(Telephone number, including area code)


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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

PART I – DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

Item 1. Distribution and Pool Performance Information.

On ~~August~~September 25, 2015, a distribution was made to holders of the certificates issued by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2.

The distribution report is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 10-D.

No assets securitized by Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc. (the “Depositor”) and held by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2 were the subject of a demand to repurchase or replace for breach of the representations and warranties during the monthly distribution period from ~~July~~August 2826, 2015 to ~~August~~September 25, 2015.

RWT Holdings, Inc. (the “Securitizer”), an affiliate of the Depositor, is the sponsor and the Securitizer of assets held by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2. The Securitizer filed its first Form ABS-15G on February 6, 2012, and most recently filed its Form ABS-15G on July 28, 2015. The CIK number of the Securitizer is 0001530239.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2. Legal Proceedings.

The Depositor has been notified by Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”) ~~and U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”)~~ of an update to material pending legal proceedings to which Citibank ~~and~~is ~~U.S Bank are respectively~~ subject in connection with ~~their~~its ~~respective~~role ~~roles~~ on certain RMBS transactions. This Sequoia transaction is not a party to nor subject to the pending legal proceedings.

Disclosure from Citibank, N.A., as securities administrator:

Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”) is acting as Securities Administrator of this RMBS transaction. In the ordinary course of business, Citibank is involved in a number of legal proceedings, including in connection with its role as trustee of certain RMBS transactions. Certain of these Citibank as trustee-related matters are disclosed herein.

On June 18, 2014, a civil action was filed against Citibank in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by a group of investors in 48 private-label RMBS trusts for which Citibank allegedly serves or did serve as trustee, asserting claims for purported violations of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence based on Citibank’s alleged failure to perform its duties as trustee for the 48 RMBS trusts. On November 24, 2014, plaintiffs sought leave to withdraw this action. On the same day, a smaller subset of similar plaintiff investors in 27 private-label RMBS trusts for which Citibank allegedly serves or did serve as trustee, filed a new civil action against Citibank in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York asserting similar claims as the prior action filed in the state court. In January 2015, the court closed plaintiffs’ original state court action. Citibank’s motion to dismiss the federal complaint was fully briefed as of May 13, 2015. On September 8, 2015, the federal court dismissed all claims as to 24 of the 27 trusts and allowed certain of the claims to proceed as to the other three trusts.

On August 19, 2015, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as Receiver for a financial institution filed a civil action against Citibank in the Southern District of New York. This action relates to one private-label RMBS trust for which Citibank formerly served as trustee. FDIC asserts claims for breach of contract, violation of the Streit Act, and violation of the Trust Indenture Act.

There can be no assurances as to the outcome of litigation or the possible impact of litigation on the trustee or the RMBS trusts. However, Citibank denies liability and ~~intends~~continues to vigorously defend against ~~the~~these ~~litigation~~litigations. Furthermore, neither the above-disclosed ~~litigation~~litigations nor any other pending legal proceeding involving Citibank will materially affect Citibank’s ability to perform its duties as ~~Securities~~securities ~~Administrator~~administrator under the ~~Amended~~pooling and ~~Restated~~servicing ~~Pooling~~agreement ~~and Servicing Agreement~~ for this RMBS transaction.

The disclosure that the Depositor received from U.S. Bank is included here:

U.S. Bank National Association

Since 2014 various plaintiffs or groups of plaintiffs, primarily investors, have filed claims against U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), in its capacity as trustee or successor trustee (as the case may be) under certain residential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts. The plaintiffs or plaintiff groups have filed substantially similar complaints against other RMBS trustees, including Deutsche Bank, Citibank, HSBC, Bank of New York Mellon and Wells Fargo. The complaints against U.S. Bank allege the trustee caused losses to investors as a result of alleged failures by the sponsors, mortgage loan sellers and servicers for these RMBS trusts and assert causes of action based upon the trustee’s purported failure to enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for alleged breaches of representations and warranties concerning loan quality. The complaints also assert that the trustee failed to notify securityholders of purported events of default allegedly caused by breaches of servicing standards by mortgage loan servicers and that the trustee purportedly failed to abide by a heightened standard of care following alleged events of default.

Currently U.S. Bank is a defendant in multiple actions alleging individual or class action claims against the trustee with respect to multiple trusts as described above with the most substantial case being: BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio et al v. U.S. Bank National Association, No. 605204/2015 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) (class action alleging claims with respect to approximately 794 trusts) and its companion case BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio et al v. U.S. Bank National Association, No. 14-cv-9401 (S.D.N.Y.). Some of the trusts implicated in the aforementioned Blackrock cases, as well as other trusts, are involved in actions brought by separate groups of plaintiffs related to no more than 100 trusts per case.

There can be no assurance as to the outcome of any of the litigation, or the possible impact of these litigations on the trustee or the RMBS trusts. However, U.S. Bank denies liability and believes that it has performed its obligations under the RMBS trusts in good faith, that its actions were not the cause of losses to investors and that it has meritorious defenses, and it intends to contest the plaintiffs’ claims vigorously.

Item 9. Exhibits.

(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part of this Report on Form 10-D:

(99.1): Monthly report distributed to holders of the certificates issued by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2, relating to the ~~August~~September 25, 2015 distribution.

(b) The exhibits required to be filed by the Registrant pursuant to this Form 10-D are listed above and in the Exhibit Index that immediately follows the signature page hereof.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc.

(Depositor)

/s/ Matthew Tomiak

Matthew Tomiak, Vice President

Date: ~~September~~October 85, 2015

EXHIBIT INDEX

ExhibitNumber		Description
Exhibit 99.1		Monthly report distributed to holders of the certificates issued by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-2, relating to the ~~August~~September 25, 2015 distribution.

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