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Glossin’ Opinions: Texas Lawyer Mary Lou Serafine Still Labeled a Vexatious Litigant in 2023

Mary Lou Serafine is a lawyer in Austin who's been actively contesting her vexatious litigant label by Texas Courts. She loses to...

Absurd Lawmaking: Lenders Can Foreclose Whenever They Want, As Many Times As They Want

Abandonment and Issuing Accounting Statements for Less Than the Amount Owed Allow Foreclosure Lawsuits For Life. That's Absurd.

Homeowner 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...

Judge, You Can’t Rely Upon Dr. Death and Bias About Pro Se’s Rules Fifth Circuit

Bias; The individual and extrajudicial knowledge on the part of the judge will not dispense with proof of facts not judicially cognizable.

Res Judicata Interpreted by 5th Circuit Judge Jerry Smith when Applied to Attorneys’ [Fees]

Res judicata bars causes of action or defenses which arise out of the same subject matter as the initial suit.

Price Doesn’t Meet the High Standards Needed for a Pro Se Coming Before the Court, Sayeth the Fifth Circuit

What’s interesting here is Stanley Price complained about lower court Judge Vance, who was succeeded, albeit temporarily, by Judge Engelhardt who sat...

Texas Lawyer Mary Lou Serafine Labeled a Vexatious Litigant in 2021

Mary Lou Serafine is a lawyer in Austin, Texas. Serafine commenced litigation under federal civil rights law, Section 1983, against five Texas...

A Litigant Has A Right To Fairness in Every Proceeding, Including an Impartial Judge Sayeth Fifth Circuit Judge Cory Wilson

It’s refreshing. It’s candid. It’s a 3-panel led by a new circuit judge by the name of Judge Cory Wilson. Together with...

Judge Rhesa Barksdale: The Role of Civility in Appellate Advocacy (1999)

The Role of Civility in Appellate Advocacy; The Honorable Rhesa Barksdale, an appellate judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Ain’t No Saccameno Win Against Ocwen In Illinois Gonna Help Y’all in Texas Sayeth Fifth Circuit.

It's safe to say that the per curiam order was authored by Judge Wiener as the citations are opinions from his past...

Motion to Strike Hopkins Fictitious Brief

Appellants, Joanna Burke and John Burke (“Burkes”), now file a Motion to Strike Appellee’s Hopkins Law, PLLC, Mark Hopkins and Shelley Hopkins...

Hopkins Brief Filed on Friday, October 2, 2020

Res Judicata, Sanctions and Judge Lynn Hughes Ends this Foreclosure Appeal for Homeowner Underwood

A homeowner sued to prevent foreclosure on his home, arguing that the relevant statute of limitations had expired under Texas law. The...

We’ve Received All Your Inquiries and Emails at LIT and Here’s What We’ve Been Busy Working On

Our blog at LIT has grown so fast, it started creaking under the strain. So we've been busy moving our website and...

The Hopkins CA5 Appeal Commences in Earnest. Mark D. Hopkins. Shelley L. Hopkins. Hopkins Law, PLLC, An Austin Texas Rogue Law Firm.

When the decisions of courts of justice are made, they must, it is true, be executed; but the power of executing them...

No Reyes of Hope as Fifth Circuit Manipulates Numbers to Ignore It’s Own Precedent FDCPA Case Law

Before recording a privilege, (aka, start foreclosure proceedings) Steeg Law’s practice is to transmit lien letters to unit owners. These letters relate...

Eviction and Ejection by Writ of Possession is not Excessive Force

In this 5th Circuit foreclosure appeal, the Bank is allowed to evict - with a Writ of Possession in hand - the...

Millions of Credits, it’s all Rather Taxing

Williams brought this commercial mortgage lawsuit for breach of contract, among other claims, which has been sent back to the lower court...