LIT COMMENTARY AND UPDATE
JUN 11, 2024
After the end of the litigation the status was that the credit bid foreclosure by JPMorgan Chase for $496k would stand and they’d flip it to a couple for $690k on Oct 31, 2022. But not just any couple.
At the same time, Coleman Loya-Graham and Marcelino Loya-Graham owned 1103 Golden Bear Ln Houston, TX 77339 from May 4, 2022 until Oct 27, 2023.
Probably they were refurbing the Legall-Johnson home during that year…
Formed: Tuesday, July 20, 2021
THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER LIT’s NEWS STORY ABOUT PRO SE LAWYER GEORGE, THE POWERS TO BE SUBMITTED THIS TO THE NDTX BANKRUPTCY COURT:
“Trustee (Tommy Powers) Motion to Dismiss For Failure to Cooperate With the Trustee”https://t.co/nwBYuQIZkF
— lawsinusa (@lawsinusa) June 11, 2024
Legall-Johnson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A
(4:22-cv-01560)
District Court, S.D. Texas
MAY 16, 2022 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: MAY 19, 2022
The case is returned to Judge Sim Lake. Final Judgment of Foreclosure on July 15.
Screenshot below taken Oct. 9, 2022, home already under contract.
The Foreclosure Mill Lawyers Wanted This House For A Quick Profit
It would appear that counsel for Legall-Johnson abandoned her and failed to withdraw. Judge Lake did not issue a show cause* when there was no reply and a scheduling conference set for September, rather he issued a memo and judgment, dismissing Legall-Johnson’s claims with prejudice.
*Associated Marine Equipment LLC v. Jones, 301 F. App’x 346, 350-51 (5th Cir. 2008)
(“But Jones is not asking to be excused for the mistakes, carelessness, or incompetence of his counsel, distinguishing his case from Pryor and Wilson. He is instead asking to be relieved of the consequences of his attorney abandoning him without his knowledge.
As recounted above, Jones asserts that he could not contact his counsel despite his repeated attempts to do so. Indeed, from the evidence in the record, Jones’s scenario seems to resemble more closely that of the parties in Seven Elves, where counsel’s abandonment of his clients warranted relief from the judgment.
See 635 F.2d at 403.
In Seven Elves, counsel had ceased representing the defendants without their knowledge.
Id., at 399.
From the evidence before us in the present case, it appears that Jones’s counsel might have done the very same.
Further, the equities of this case appear to favor Jones.
Cf. id. at 402-03.
Jones was not using his Rule 60(b) motion as a substitute for appeal.
The record indicates that Jones was completely abandoned by his attorney, resulting in a series of motions and decisions in AME’s favor that went entirely unopposed and unquestioned.
More importantly, the judgment against Jones bears the characteristics of a default judgment: the court entered it in Jones’s absence prior to taking any evidence apart from that related to his failure to respond to discovery. I
ndeed, Jones never had an opportunity to present his case on the merits.
And, to top it off, the district court ordered that Jones bear AME’s fees, expenses, and costs.”)
What is a CIP and is there a deadline?
A CIP is a “Certificate of Interested Persons” and it has to be filed within 15 days of the ORDER for Initial Conference.
When was the CIP due in this case?
On or before June 7, 2022.
Why has lawyer Sonya Chandler Anderson not filed one?
Because lawyers are above the law and friends of the court in S.D. Texas.
Motion to dismiss filed 7 days after removal, in violation of the rules. It’s percolatin’ before Judge Lake.
Key documents from State Court Case etc.
Legall-Johnson v. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(4:22-cv-00489)
District Court, S.D. Texas
FEB 15, 2022 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: FEB 19, 2022
Update (Apr 27, 2022); Judge Lake has a change of heart over the conference on June 3, 2022 and allows non-suit, without prejudice.
Update (Apr 9, 2022); Request to Non-Suit filed by Dr. Michelle Legal, but Judge Lake wants a conference on June 3, 2022.
After a failure to file a brief at the State’s First Court of Appeals during which there was also a bankruptcy, the homeowners filed a lawsuit in January 2022 in state court. This has now been removed to federal court, the details are below of the removal.
Harris County Community Development LLC Abandoned by Bandit Lawyer Marcella Hagger in Federal Court
Harris County Community Development LLC is twenty-four years old, according to public records filed with Texas Secretary of State.
Bandit Lawyer Erick DeLaRogue and His Client Carl D. Rivers Preposterous Claims Granted $500 TRO
The storytellin’ and untruthful lawsuits clearly have no boundaries with Houston-based foreclosure defense lawyer Erick Delarue.
City of Houston Code Enforcement Officer Successfully Resists Auction of His Home
After an Order of Expedited Foreclosure in January, the Same Harris County Court Issues a TRO in March 2024 to Bandit Lawyer Erick Delarue.
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:22-cv-00489
Create an Alert for This Case on RECAP
| Legall-Johnson et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al Assigned to: Judge Sim Lake
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal |
Date Filed: 02/15/2022 Jury Demand: Both Nature of Suit: 290 Real Property: Other Jurisdiction: Diversity |
| Plaintiff | ||
| Michelle Legall-Johnson | represented by | Sonya Chandler Anderson The Law Office of Sonya Chandler Anderson 1202 1St St E No. 2532 Humble, Tx 77347 281-905-5020 Fax: 866-664-5215 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
| Plaintiff | ||
| William Johnson | represented by | Sonya Chandler Anderson (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
| V. | ||
| Defendant | ||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | represented by | Rachel L Hytken Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, P.C. Bryan Tower 2001 Bryan St, Ste. 1800 Dallas, TX 75201 214-880-1829 Fax: 214-871-2111 Email: rhytken@qslwm.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
| Defendant | ||
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | represented by | Rachel L Hytken (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
| Defendant | ||
| John Doe | ||
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
|---|---|---|
| 02/15/2022 | 1 | NOTICE OF REMOVAL from 269th District Court, case number 2022-04953 (Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ATXSDC-27752331) filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit A-1, # 3 Exhibit A-2, # 4 Exhibit A-3, # 5 Exhibit A-4, # 6 Exhibit A-5, # 7 Exhibit A-6, # 8 Exhibit A-7, # 9 Exhibit A-8, # 10 Exhibit A-9, # 11 Exhibit A-10, # 12 Exhibit B, # 13 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet)(Lewis, William) (Entered: 02/15/2022) |
| 02/15/2022 | 2 | CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. identifying JPMorgan Chase & Co. and The Vanguard Group as Corporate Parent, filed.(Hytken, Rachel) (Entered: 02/15/2022) |
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:22-cv-00489
Create an Alert for This Case on RECAP
| Legall-Johnson et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al Assigned to: Judge Sim Lake
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal |
Date Filed: 02/15/2022 Jury Demand: Both Nature of Suit: 290 Real Property: Other Jurisdiction: Diversity |
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
|---|---|---|
| 02/17/2022 | 3 | NOTICE of Nonsuit by Michelle Legall-Johnson, filed. (JacquelineMata, 4) (Entered: 02/22/2022) |
| 03/02/2022 | 4 | ORDER for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference and Order to Disclose Interested Persons. Initial Conference set for 6/3/2022 at 03:00 PM in Courtroom 9B before Judge Sim Lake.(Signed by Judge Sim Lake) Parties notified.(sanderson, 4) (Entered: 03/02/2022) |
