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Meeker-Sereno v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
(4:22-cv-01923)
District Court, S.D. Texas, Judge Andrew S Hanen
JUN 13, 2022 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: JUN 14, 2022
We’ll need to add this newly removed case onto the video above.
TO THE HONORABLE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE:
Pursuant to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Debra Meeker-Sereno hereby stipulates and agrees to the following:
Plaintiff filed her Original Petition, Application for Injunctive Relief, and Request for Disclosures in the 127th Judicial Court of Harris County, Texas on May 31st 2022
Defendant filed its Notice of Removal on June 13th
Plaintiff no longer desires to pursue her causes of action against Defendant at this time.
Plaintiff as well as Defendant shall bear their own attorney’s fees, expert fees, and litigation expenses incurred in litigating these claims.
Accordingly, Plaintiff requests that the Court dismiss this lawsuit without prejudice against filing same in the future.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Plaintiff hereto requests that the Court enter the attached Order dismissing the above-entitled and numbered cause without prejudice with costs of court being assessed against the party incurring same.
Respectfully submitted,
VILT LAW, P.C.
By: /s/ Robert C. Vilt
ROBERT C. VILT
Texas Bar Number 00788586
Federal Bar Number 20296
Email: clay@viltlaw.com
5177 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1142
Houston, Texas 77056
Telephone: 713.840.7570
Facsimile: 713.877.1827
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I hereby certify that a conference was held on the merits of this motion on January 4th 2023 with Nicholas Frame and he is not opposed to the relief sought herein.
/s/ Robert C. Vilt
ROBERT C. VILT
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was forwarded to all counsel of record pursuant to Rule 21a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure on this the 4th day of January, 2023.
Mark D. Cronenwett,
Nicholas Frame,
MACKIE WOLF ZIENTZ & MANN, P. C.
14160 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 900
Dallas, Texas 75254
Telephone: 214.635.2650
Facsimile: 214.635.2686
/s/ Robert C. Vilt
ROBERT C. VILT
The three bedroom, two bathroom home at 9323 Golden Wood Lane, Willowood was sold on April 6 by Carmen Torres Meeker-Sereno (estate) and Debra Dean Meeker-Sereno. The property is appraised at $134,962.
The buyer was Debra Dean Meeker-Sereno.
In 2021, the property tax paid for this property was $1,388.74, which is 1.03% of the appraised value of the home.
This home last sold on April 7, 2006.
This property is the only sale in Willowood so far in April 2021 as of this publication.
According to the Texas Secretary of State, Carmen Sereno has been registered to vote since 1990.
The Texas Secretary of State data shows that there were two registered voters residing at 9323 Golden Wood Lane as of Oct. 10, 2020: Welda Lane Crye, 81, and Carmen Sereno, 61.
MINUTE ENTRY ORDER: The Court conducted the Initial Conference and entered a Scheduling Order. Appearances: Nicholas Michael Frame, Robert Clayton Vilt. Ct Reporter: ERO. Digital Number: 11:09-11:10AM.(Signed by Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon) Parties notified.(sjones, 4) (Entered: 09/21/2022)
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:22-cv-01923
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Meeker-Sereno v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Assigned to: Judge Andrew S Hanen
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract |
Date Filed: 06/13/2022 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 290 Real Property: Other Jurisdiction: Diversity |
Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
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08/11/2022 | 9 | JOINT DISCOVERY/CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, filed. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Scheduling Order)(Frame, Nicholas) (Entered: 08/11/2022) |
09/16/2022 | 10 | NOTICE of Service of its Initial Rule 26 Disclosures, by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, filed. (Frame, Nicholas) (Entered: 09/16/2022) |
09/21/2022 | 11 | MINUTE ENTRY ORDER: The Court conducted the Initial Conference and entered a Scheduling Order. Appearances: Nicholas Michael Frame, Robert Clayton Vilt. Ct Reporter: ERO. Digital Number: 11:09-11:10AM.(Signed by Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon) Parties notified.(sjones, 4) (Entered: 09/21/2022) |
09/21/2022 | 12 | SCHEDULING ORDER. ETT: 1-2 days. Bench. Amended Pleadings due by 12/1/2022. Joinder of Parties due by 12/1/2022 Deft Expert Witness List due by 1/20/2023. Deft Expert Report due by 1/20/2023. Discovery due by 3/20/2023. Dispositive Motion Filing due by 4/14/2023. Non-Dispositive Motion Filing due by 4/14/2023. Responses due by 4/28/2023. Joint Pretrial Order due by 10/11/2023. Final Pretrial Conference set for 11/13/2023 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 9C before Judge Andrew S Hanen Jury Trial set for 11/27/2023 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 9C before Judge Andrew S Hanen(Signed by Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon) Parties notified.(sjones, 4) (Entered: 09/21/2022) |
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DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF SERVICE OF ITS INITIAL RULE 26 DISCLOSURES
Defendant Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-W21 (“Deutsche Bank” or “Defendant”) hereby certifies it served its Initial Disclosures in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A)-(D) and order of the Court on Plaintiff Debra Meeker-Sereno via their attorney of record, Robert C. “Clay” Vilt, 5177 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1142 Houston, TX 77056, clay@viltlaw.com
1 Plaintiff incorrectly named “Deutsche Bank National Trust Company” as the party-defendant in this case. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-W2 is the correctly named party.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Nicholas M. Frame
MARK D. CRONENWETT
Texas Bar No. 00787303
Southern District Admission No. 21340 mcronenwett@mwzmlaw.com
NICHOLAS M. FRAME
Texas Bar No. 24093448
Southern District Admission No. 3121681 nframe@mwzmlaw.com
MACKIE WOLF ZIENTZ & MANN, PC
14160 North Dallas Parkway, Ste. 900
Dallas, TX 75254
Telephone: 214-635-2650
Facsimile: 214-635-2686
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been served via ECF notification on September 16, 2022 to the following counsel of record:
Robert C. “Clay” Vilt
VILT AND ASSOCIATES – TX, P.C.
Chase Bank Building
5177 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1142
Houston, TX 77056
/s/ Nicholas M. Frame
NICHOLAS M. FRAME
Unless there’s a change of heart, this looks like its heading for an initial conference in September…
NOTICE of Resetting re: 4 Order for Initial Conference – FORM,. Parties notified. Initial Conference reset for 9/21/2022 at 11:10 AM in by video before Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon, filed. (JessicaVillarreal, 3) (Entered: 07/29/2022)
No movement since Aug 11 Joint case mgt plan.
Joint Discovery/Case Management Plan
Sept 21 Initial Conference switched from in-person to video conference.
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:22-cv-01923
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Meeker-Sereno v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Assigned to: Judge Andrew S Hanen
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract |
Date Filed: 06/13/2022 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 290 Real Property: Other Jurisdiction: Diversity |
Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
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06/22/2022 | 5 | CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by Debra Meeker-Sereno, filed.(Vilt, Robert) (Entered: 06/22/2022) |
06/22/2022 | 6 | INITIAL DISCLOSURES by Debra Meeker-Sereno, filed.(Vilt, Robert) (Entered: 06/22/2022) |
06/22/2022 | 7 | DESIGNATION OF EXPERT WITNESS LIST by Debra Meeker-Sereno, filed. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Resume of Robert Vilt)(Vilt, Robert) (Entered: 06/22/2022) |
07/29/2022 | 8 | NOTICE of Resetting re: 4 Order for Initial Conference – FORM,. Parties notified. Initial Conference reset for 9/21/2022 at 11:10 AM in by video before Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon, filed. (JessicaVillarreal, 3) (Entered: 07/29/2022) |
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07/30/2022 21:16:58 |
This Vilt case ain’t budged since Jun 22.
Certificate of Interested Parties, Initial Disclosures and Designation of Expert Witness List filed on Jun 22 by Clay Vilt, same as for his other Deutsche Bank case…
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We found Clay Vilt hangin’ at Galveston Beach with Judge Jeff Brown and remonstratin’ with the Germans at Deutsche Bank @DeutscheBank @DeutscheBankAG why they covered all the Beach Chairs with Branded Towels. They replied; it’s a Protected Area https://t.co/BTHYrnbvSx— lawsinusa (@lawsinusa) June 23, 2022
ORDER for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference and Order to Disclose Interested Persons.
Initial Conference set for 9/21/2022 at 11:10 AM in Courtroom 700 before Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon.
(Signed by Judge Andrew S Hanen)
Parties notified.
(BrandisIsom, 4) (Entered: 06/14/2022)
U.S. District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Houston)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:22-cv-01923
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Meeker-Sereno v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Assigned to: Judge Andrew S Hanen
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract |
Date Filed: 06/13/2022 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 290 Real Property: Other Jurisdiction: Diversity |
Plaintiff | ||
Debra Meeker-Sereno | represented by | Robert Clayton Vilt Vilt and Associates – TX, P.C. 5177 Richmond Ave Ste 1142 Houston, TX 77056 713-840-7570 Fax: 713-877-1827 Email: clay@viltlaw.com LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
V. | ||
Defendant | ||
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-W2 |
represented by | Nicholas Michael Frame Mackie Wolf Zientz Mann, P.C. 5177 Richmond Avenue Suite 1230 Houston, TX 77056 713-730-3219 Email: nframe@mwzmlaw.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICEDMark Douglas Cronenwett Mackie Wolf Zientz & Mann, P.C. 14160 N. Dallas Parkway, Ste. 900 Dallas, TX 75254 214-635-2650 Fax: 214-635-2686 Email: mcronenwett@mwzmlaw.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
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06/13/2022 | 1 | NOTICE OF REMOVAL from 127th Judicial District of Harris County, Texas, case number 202232377 (Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ATXSDC-28313755) filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet)(Cronenwett, Mark) (Entered: 06/13/2022) |
06/13/2022 | 2 | NOTICE of Appearance by Nicholas M. Frame on behalf of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, filed. (Frame, Nicholas) (Entered: 06/13/2022) |
06/13/2022 | 3 | CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, filed.(Frame, Nicholas) (Entered: 06/13/2022) |
06/14/2022 | 4 | ORDER for Initial Pretrial and Scheduling Conference and Order to Disclose Interested Persons. Initial Conference set for 9/21/2022 at 11:10 AM in Courtroom 700 before Magistrate Judge Sam S Sheldon. (Signed by Judge Andrew S Hanen) Parties notified.(BrandisIsom, 4) (Entered: 06/14/2022) |
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06/14/2022 18:56:53 |
202232377
MEEKER-SERENO, DEBRA vs. DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE GROUP
(Court 127, JUDGE RAVI K. SANDILL)
MAY 23, 2022 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: MAY 24, 2022
New Bank, errr Mortgage Group being challenged in Harris County Court by Counsel for Homeowner and where judges and lawyers stay together like family. Bookmark for updates.
Howdy @DeutscheBankAG @DeutscheBank @dwnews
We’re just touchin’ base to find out when y’all formed DEUTSCHE BANK MORTGAGE GROUP, coz Texas Foreclosure Defense Lawyer Robert C. Vilt is filing in Harris County a case styled as MEEKER-SERENO, DEBRA vs. DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE GROUP?— lawsinusa (@lawsinusa) June 8, 2022
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