Archive for 'evidence' Category
Jul 23, 2018

Bill Paatalo brought this provision to me attention again. It gives a virtual checklist for discovery: All DOCUMENTS regarding the National Consent Judgement’s (CONSENT ORDER) “Settlement Term Sheet (I)(A)(4) which reads as follows: Servicer shall have standards for qualifications, training and supervision of employees. Servicer shall train and supervise employees who regularly prepare or execute […]

Jul 12, 2018

multiple choice robo-pleading NO PLEADING: HOMEOWNER WON ANYWAY I have held off on discussing this case until some time passed. As far as I now know US Bank, like several cases I won, has not refiled for foreclosure. There is a good reason for that. US Bank is not the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff is named […]

Jul 9, 2018

The UCC is not ambivalent about protecting both the maker of a negotiable instrument and the party seeking to enforce it. The maker does not assume the risk of double liability except for instances where the note is purchased for value in good faith and without knowledge of the borrower’s defenses. In all other circumstances […]

Jul 3, 2018

My confidence has never been higher that the handling of money after a foreclosure sale will reveal the fraudulent nature of most “foreclosures” initiated not on behalf of the owner of the debt but in spite of the the owner(s) of the debt. It has long been obvious to me that the money trail is […]

Jun 28, 2018

“Holder” vs “Agency” Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays Tonight I will discuss the central point of of false claims of authority to enforce the note, and inferentially the authority to enforce the mortgage. In 2008, I called to confront a lawyer about the […]

Jun 20, 2018

Since 2008 I have called out bankruptcy practitioners for their lack of interest in false claims of securitization. The impact on the bankruptcy estate is usually enormous. But without aggressive education of the presiding judge the case will not only go as planned by the banks, it will also lock in the homeowner to “admissions” […]

Jun 12, 2018

Trustee Issues in Foreclosure Litigation: Jurisdiction and Discovery At the heart of many foreclosure cases lies a simple but critical question: does the trust exist, and if so, does it own the debt? If the named “trust” does not legally exist, it cannot bring or maintain a foreclosure action. Likewise, if the named trustee is […]

Jun 7, 2018

The real parties in interest are trying to make money, not recover it. The Wilmington Trust case illustrates why borrower defenses and investor claims are closely aligned and raises some interesting questions. The big question is what do you do with an empty box at the bottom of an organizational chart or worse an empty […]

Jun 5, 2018

If you stick to an objective statement of facts without presumptions, anyone can report and testify with credibility if they have backup. Once you cross the line into opinions the report is undermined as to bias, credibility and lack of foundation. Even if it is admitted into evidence the report will be given zero weight […]

May 31, 2018

Are Assignments Based Upon Aggregated Pools Real? Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays East-West: Charles Marshall California Attorney co-hosts the discussion   The bottom line is that the courts are not accepting denials of assertions or allegations by the foreclosing party. The courts are […]