LIT UPDATE & COMMENTARY
DEC 7, 2024
There’s no auction listed for Nov or Dec 2024 for Flores.
The Harris County real property records has no movement either.
MAR 6, 2024 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: MAY 19, 2024
MAY 19 30, JUN 24 JULY 24, 31, 2024
It’s all gone eerily quiet with no applications for injunctive relief nor any movement on the docket – has the purported Bandit sales offer completed?
AUG 8, SEP 1 2024
Movement. JOINT DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
Above is the date LIT Last updated this article.
It’s concerning that there’s no mention of an agreement not to foreclose during these proceedings, especially when settlement discussions are underway. This omission is crucial to document for the benefit of one’s client.
JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJDUICE
On this the 18th day of September 2024, Defendant LoanDepot.Com, LLC, by and through its undersigned counsel Shelley L. Hopkins and Plaintiff Gilbert Flores, Jr., by and through his undersigned counsel Robert C. Newark, III (collectively, the “Parties”), hereby stipulate that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), all claims and causes of action asserted by Plaintiff against Defendant in this suit are dismissed with prejudice.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Shelley L. Hopkins
Shelley L. Hopkins
State Bar No. 24036497
SD ID No. 926469
HOPKINS LAW, PLLC
2802 Flintrock Trace, Suite B103
Austin, Texas 78738
(512) 600-4320
BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TURNER & ENGEL, LLP – Of Counsel
ShelleyH@bdfgroup.com
shelley@hopkinslawtexas.com
Robert D. Forster, II
State Bar No. 24048470
SD ID No. 2647781
Shawnika L. Brooks State Bar No. 24106058
Motion for Summary Judgment filed.
MINUTE ENTRY ORDER:
The Court conducted the Initial Conference and entered a scheduling order.
Appearances: Robert C Newark, III, Shawnika LaShone Brooks.
Ct Reporter: ERO. Digital Number: 10:48-10:51AM.
(Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard W Bennett)
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:24-cv-00834
| Flores v. loandepot.com, LLC Assigned to: Judge Andrew S Hanen
Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question |
Date Filed: 03/06/2024 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 220 Real Property: Foreclosure Jurisdiction: Federal Question |
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
|---|---|---|
| 05/20/2024 | 7 | MINUTE ENTRY ORDER: The Court conducted the Initial Conference and entered a scheduling order. Appearances: Robert C Newark, III, Shawnika LaShone Brooks. Ct Reporter: ERO. Digital Number: 10:48-10:51AM.(Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard W Bennett) Parties notified. (svj4) (Entered: 05/20/2024) |
| 05/20/2024 | 8 | SCHEDULING ORDER. ETT: 2-3 days. Bench Trial. Amended Pleadings due by 6/14/2024. Joinder of Parties due by 6/14/2024 Pltf Expert Witness List due by 7/24/2024. Pltf Expert Report due by 7/24/2024. Deft Expert Witness List due by 8/7/2024. Deft Expert Report due by 8/7/2024. Discovery due by 2/10/2025. Dispositive Motion Filing due by 3/21/2025. Non-Dispositive Motion Filing due by 4/30/2025. Responses due by 4/11/2025. Joint Pretrial Order due by 9/17/2025. Final Pretrial Conference set for 10/20/2025 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 9D before Judge Andrew S Hanen Bench Trial set for 11/3/2025 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 9D before Judge Andrew S Hanen(Signed by Magistrate Judge Richard W Bennett) Parties notified. (svj4) (Entered: 05/20/2024) |
| PACER Service Center | |||
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| Transaction Receipt | |||
| 05/30/2024 15:46:04 |
ORDER for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference and Order to Disclose Interested Persons.
Initial Conference set for 5/30/2024 at 10:45 AM by video before Magistrate Judge Peter Bray.
(Signed by Judge Andrew S Hanen) Parties notified.
(Shannon Holden, 4) (Entered: 03/07/2024)
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:24-cv-00834
| Flores v. loandepot.com, LLC Assigned to: Judge Andrew S Hanen
Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question |
Date Filed: 03/06/2024 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 220 Real Property: Foreclosure Jurisdiction: Federal Question |
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
|---|---|---|
| 03/06/2024 | 1 | NOTICE OF REMOVAL from 125th District Court of Harris County, case number 2024-06592 (Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXSDC-31292893) filed by loandepot.com, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Index of Matters, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Coversheet, # 3 Exhibit State Docket, # 4 Exhibit State Court File, # 5 Exhibit List of All Counsel of Record)(Brooks, Shawnika) (Entered: 03/06/2024) |
| 03/07/2024 | 2 | ORDER for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference and Order to Disclose Interested Persons. Initial Conference set for 5/30/2024 at 10:45 AM by video before Magistrate Judge Peter Bray. (Signed by Judge Andrew S Hanen) Parties notified.(ShannonHolden, 4) (Entered: 03/07/2024) |
| 03/22/2024 | 3 | CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by loandepot.com, LLC, filed. (Brooks, Shawnika) (Entered: 03/22/2024) |
| 04/25/2024 | 4 | NOTICE of Resetting. Parties notified. Initial Conference set for 5/20/2024 at 10:45 AM in by video before Magistrate Judge Richard W Bennett, filed. (svj4) (Entered: 04/25/2024) |
| 05/13/2024 | 5 | JOINT DISCOVERY/CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN by loandepot.com, LLC, filed. (Brooks, Shawnika) (Entered: 05/13/2024) |
| 05/14/2024 | 6 | PROPOSED ORDER scheduling order, filed. (Brooks, Shawnika) (Entered: 05/14/2024) |
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| Transaction Receipt | |||
| 05/19/2024 08:38:03 |
202406592 –
FLORES, GILBERT vs. LOANDEPOT.COM LLC
(Court 125, JUDGE KYLE CARTER)
JAN 31, 2024 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: MAY 19, 2024
APR 27, 2024
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ORDER SETTING BOND SIGNED $850, Judge Robert Schaffer
Bandit foreclosure defense lawyer James Minerve always obtains a TRO to stop foreclosure auctions on a fake purchase contract – it doesn’t exist – this case below the homeowner listed the home on HAR for $445k 69 days ago and now it is listed at $390k.https://t.co/dMOqjsSa27
— lawsinusa (@lawsinusa) May 14, 2024
Emplify LLC’s Chase Foreman Appears Pro Se in Foreclosure Proceedings for Investment Property
Previously Acting Pro Se for His LLC, Foreman Faces Legal Challenges Under Texas Law when trying to stop foreclosure of business property.
Despicable Opposing Counsel’s Late Late Show Complainin’ About Legal Bandits Raises Skepticism
HWA seeks attorney fees as a sanction and rescission of TRO. However, they have been complicit in allowing the past abuses to go uncontested.
Who is Chase Foreman of Emplify and Texas REI Unlimited LLC?
Coincidentally, Judge Kristen Hawkins receives this case and personally grants a pro se as an LLC a TRO which raises concerns per article.
