Appellate Circuit
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1.2KFarmer Law Group Didn’t Fix It, The Foreclosure Case Proceeds As He Sheepishly Departs the Case, Prejudiced
Charlene Arkansas, now acting pro se after her counsel departed, is left to fend off counterclaims. She did not respond by the...
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964The Lien Was Found to Be Invalid But Equitable Subrogation Saves The Foreclosing Bank
Although the 2006 lien was invalid under the Texas Constitution, Wells Fargo preserved its lien rights through equitable subrogation.
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1.0KFifth Circuit Foreclosure Opinions in 2020 and Which Judges Sat on the Panels
Judge Higginson (9) leads, followed closely by Judges Stewart (8) Southwick (7) Smith, King, Jolly and Costa (6) on foreclosure appeal panels
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1.2KNY Appellate Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s Dirty Laundry Exposed, Again
It's former King of the Courts, Union Chief Dennis Quirk versus Queen of Corruption and Conflicts from the Bench, Chief Judge Janet...
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1.7KReasons to Recall the Mandate to Prevent an Injustice
The “good cause” requisite to recall the mandate is the showing of need to avoid injustice.
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1.1KFraud by the Court as Leber-Krebs Confirms: “Courts should not forfeit truth for the sake of finality”
Where fraud is found, the party that used fraud should be deprived of the benefit of the judgment and any inequitable advantage...
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1.2KLIT’s Foreclosure Tracker: ‘Cassandra’ Appeals Consolidation of Cases to Fifth Circuit
Cassandra Harrison appeals two cases consolidated by S.D. Texas, Houston, to Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. IFP granted.
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1.9KIn re Kafi, Inc., the Live Controversy before Hand-Selected Federal Judge Vanessa Gilmore
With so many cases percolatin' with so many judges, the departing (retiring) judge Vanessa Gilmore put herself forward to deal with Kafi.
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1.1KSupreme Court Justice and Former Seventh Circuit Judge Cries Fake Tears About Public Perception
Justice Barrett is originally from Louisiana and while sitting on the Seventh Circuit was keen to cite to published 5th Cir. Precedent...
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859Fifth Circuit Expand The Court Laws By Making Arguments for the Bank Not Previously Raised
In this foreclosure appeal, the court sua sponte includes arguments of res judicata not brought up at the lower court and returns...
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730The Pro Se Hardaways Learned The Hard Way About the Crooked Federal Courts in Texas
LIT has witnessed a decade of foreclosures. The motto on the highest court's building - Equal Justice for All - has become...
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841The Fifth Circuit Say Ciao to Cao In this Succinct Foreclosure Opinion
Obviously, the clerk in charge of this opinion wasn't very good at arithmetic at school and left it undisturbed from the lower...
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1.6KWho’s the Puppet Master? Judge Willett’s Words Ring Hollow as the Judiciary Controls His Decision-Making
ABOVE THE LAW: Private citizens who are brutalized by rogue federal officers (OF THE COURTS) can find little solace ... DUE TO...
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1.8KTexas Attorney Thomas Austin Willbern III’s Foreclosure Affirmed by Fifth Circuit
Chase’s 2013 proposed repayment plan and its 2014 request for less than the full amount owed is an intent to abandon its...
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1.7KHomeowner is Threatened by Judge Robert Pitman for Defending Foreclosure Removed to W.D. Tex. Federal Court
When Tommy Bastian is included as a party by a homeowner, the judges rally around like the US Marshals to protect their...
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1.3KSummary Judgment Entered in Byrd v. Lakeview Days After Order Allowing Byrd to Replace Counsel
Senior Judge David Erza in Austin, W.D. Tex. issued his order of summary judgment in favor of Lakeview 4 days after attorney...
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997NYC’s New Laws and Recent Opinions Affecting Foreclosures Creates Nationwide Split And Raises Questions of Partiality
The Chief Judge is Janet DiFiore and she is a client of Greenberg Traurig, who represented two lenders on appeals she reversed...
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1.1KIt’s All About Jurisdiction and Maybe Even Gamesmanship In This Foreclosure Appeal Sayeth Fifth Circuit
Here, the Fifth Circuit is, in effect, reaching the merits to issue remand instructions. Perhaps that is what is meant by 'gamesmanship'.
