The first part of this post is from an article I wrote a few months ago but gives the background and leads into what I have to add today. If you already read the first half when I published it the first time, scroll down to Part 2 and be sure to read Nye Lavalle’s and Lisa Epstein’s (Foreclosure Hamlet) COMMENTS & RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO SHAPIRO FISHMAN, LLP’s MOTION FOR RE-HEARING OR CLARIFICATION regarding verification of foreclosure complaints.
Part 1
Florida Supreme Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases
So the story goes like this…
Administrative Order. The Chief Justice established the task force in March 2009 by Administrative Order in the wake of dramatic increases in residential mortgage foreclosure case filings.
Petition. The original Petition to amend the rules of court was filed with the Court on August 17, 2009. Comments were due by October 1, 2009.
Final Report & Comments. The Final Report was released August 17, 2009. Appendices of the report are below.
Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C |
Appendix D | Appendix E | Appendix F |
Appendix G | Appendix H | Appendix I |
Appendix J | Appendix K | Appendix L |
Appendix M | Appendix N |
Comments to the Final Report are available. You also can view Filings made during the amendment process.
This was where it started to get interesting last year. “Comments to the Final Report are available”
If you have time, I suggest you read all the comments, or at least the comments from the foreclosure mills and opposing entities.
My absolute favorite comment came from Robert E. Bostrom Freddie Mac’s Executive Vice President & General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
Recommendation regarding verification of “ownership” of the mortgage
“The Task Force has recommended a requirement for a plaintiff in a foreclosure action to verify that it owns and holds the note. Typically, the plaintiff in a foreclosure action does not own the underlying note or loan that is secured by the property subject to the foreclosure proceeding. Freddie Mac’s servicers initiate foreclosure actions in their names, even though they are not the owners of the notes or loans in question, because they are the mortgagees as shown on the land records (by fraudulent, fabricated assignments) and they are the holders (not in due course) or otherwise in possession of the (fabricated) notes. During foreclosure proceedings, our servicers and foreclosure counsel have authority to negotiate and execute loan restructurings (against what the pooling and servicing agreements state?) and other foreclosure alternatives (trial modifications that are ultimately denied) with borrowers as well as attend (pointless) mediation. To require investors who do not service the loan to be a party in the foreclosure action and attend mediation would be costly and unduly burdensome (because they do not even know it is in default?), which may result in additional costs being passed on to the borrower. The intended purpose of the mediation program could be achieved effectively without this verification requirement.”
Robert E. Bostrom
Freddie Mac
Executive Vice President
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
____________________________________________________________
“TYPICALLY……….The Plaintiff in a foreclosure action does not own the underlying note or loan………”
OH THEY SLAY ME!
It IS Typical today!
You know what’s the biggest crack up?
Here we are struggling mightily to PROVE that the Plaintiff doesn’t own the mortgage or note in cases where the Plaintiff is forging documents to PROVE that they DO own the mortgage and note………………and la-de-da in waltzes Freddie Mac’s VP and bumbles his way into the most inane (and shockingly honest) comment in the world!
My second favorite came from The Florida Bankers Associations’ Comments to the Florida Supreme Court Task Force on Foreclosures.
“It is a reality of commerce that virtually all paper documents related to a note and mortgage are converted to electronic files almost immediately after the loan is closed. Individual loans, as electronic data, are compiled into portfolios which are transferred to the secondary market, frequently as mortgage-backed securities.”
“The reason “many firms file lost note counts as a standard alternative pleading in the complaint” is because the physical document was deliberately eliminated to avoid confusion immediately upon its conversion to an electronic file.”
That’s right DELIBERATELY ELIMINATED.
So after the comments were heard, the Chief Justice’s Statewide Model Order is entered. On December 28, 2009, Chief Justice Peggy A. Quince issued her Order implementing a statewide managed mediation program in new Florida foreclosure cases pursuant to the Task Force’s recommendations. Each of the 20 circuit chief judges now must adopt their own orders based on the model.
Next up comes the Recent Rules Amendments. See related Rules Amendments issued by the Court on February 11, 2010.
Here is where the fun begins…
First, rule 1.110(b) is amended to require verification of mortgage foreclosure complaints involving residential real property. The primary purposes of this amendment are (1) to provide incentive for the plaintiff to appropriately investigate and verify its ownership of the note or right to enforce the note and ensure that the allegations in the complaint are accurate; (2) to conserve judicial resources that are currently being wasted on inappropriately pleaded “lost note” counts and inconsistent allegations; (3) to prevent the wasting of judicial resources and harm to defendants resulting from suits brought by plaintiffs not entitled to enforce the note; and (4) to give trial courts greater authority to sanction plaintiffs who make false allegations.
Whoa, some pretty strong language there coming from the Florida Supreme Court. Makes you wonder on how bad it really is.
As you could imagine, some of the foreclosure mills are not too happy with this amended rule change. Kind of makes it a little harder to LIE.
Actually, lets not imagine how unhappy they are, lets read their comments to the Florida Supreme Court on the matter…
This one comes from SHAPIRO & FISHMAN, LLP (“the Shapiro Firm”),
Mortgage foreclosure cases are unique in that the holders of the notes are often unfamiliar with the status of the loans and rely upon loan servicers to manage the loans, payments on the loans, and the foreclosure proceedings.
Therefore, while the holder of the note may have some limited knowledge in order to verify portions of the complaint, it may not have the necessary knowledge to verify the remainder of the complaint. For example, while the holder of the note may verify that it is the holder of the note, it may not have personal knowledge when the last payment on the note was made or if a default notice was mailed to the client. While the holder of the note may not have that requisite knowledge, the loan servicer would, presumably, have that knowledge and be in a position to verify factual allegations of that nature, but likely will not have personal or direct knowledge of other factual allegations.
Furthermore, mortgage notes are frequently assigned between lenders and other investors. Thus, subsequent holders of a note will not have personal knowledge as to the mortgagor’s execution of the original note or assignments that occurred prior to its acceptance of the current assignment and consequently will not be in a position to verify those alleged facts in a mortgage foreclosure complaint.It is also unclear whether an attorney or law firm representing a lender can verify a mortgage foreclosure complaint based upon information he/she/it obtained from the client or other parties, including the holder of the note and the loan servicer. The question remains whether an attorney or law firm representing a lender can verify the complaint after diligent review and inquiry into the matter with the various parties holding the necessary knowledge.
As Foreclosure Hamlet puts it…
TRANSLATION OF SHAPIRO FISHMAN’S Motion for rehearing: “Your Honors, all we know, “after diligent review and inquiry into the matter”, is that someone, at some point, owed something to someone else.”
Amazing.
Oh, and additionally for that matter: “Your Honors, we also know, that the proceeds to the foreclosure sale will go to someone, that at some point had a right, maybe, to receive the windfall profits, probably, we think.”
As it stands now, these aggressive, unprofessional foreclosure mills and their Plaintiff clients are still filing fabricated documents by the millions without any respect for the integrity of our official public records or the laws of evidence set by the judiciary system even after they were sanctioned by Judge Olson for these same issues.
Makes you wonder doesn’t it?
Part 2
So now that the Foreclosure Mills were ignoring the Order of Verifying the Complaints because there was a “motion for rehearing pending”, even though comments to the Florida Supreme Court were not even open on the matter, my two good friends decided to send in a comment to the comment.
Both Nye Lavalle and Lisa Epstein spent days upon days writing their response. Unfortunately, Lisa Epstein and Nye Lavalle’s motion to accept response to motion for rehearing as timely filed was denied and said response was hereby stricken as untimely.
So, if the Supreme Court refuses to publish their response, I will.
Take the time to read it. It is very well written and allot of time and effort was put into this. They did this for EVERY Floridian, EVERY American.
Thank you Lisa and Nye…
4closureFraud
COMMENTS & RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO SHAPIRO FISHMAN, LLP’s MOTION FOR RE-HEARING OR CLARIFICATION
Exhibits 1 – 5
Exhibits 6 – 10
,MICHAEL
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON Florida Supreme Court RE: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure Motion for Rehearing” PART 1 AND 2 AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.
ESPECIALLY THE COMMENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE VP OF FREDDIE MAC BOOM AND PART 2
Lavalle’s and Lisa Epstein’s (Foreclosure Hamlet) COMMENTS & RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO SHAPIRO FISHMAN, LLP’s MOTION FOR RE-HEARING OR CLARIFICATION regarding verification of foreclosure complaints. IT AMAZES ME HOW SHAPIRO,FISHMAN OPENLY DENIES THE SUPREME COURT RULING ,THERE IS NO RE-TRIAL IT IS DONE AND DONE EVEN THOUGH THEY STILL DEFI THE SUPREME COURTS RULING AND SO DOES THE COURTS AND THE JUDGES BY CLOSING FORECLOSURE CASES WITHOUT REGARD FOR FRAUD OR HOW IT AFFECTS THE HOMEOWNER, WE HAVE LESS RIGHTS THAN CRIMINALS IN THESE COURTS AND THAT HAS TO CHANGE!!!!
BANKS DECEIT UNCOVERED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROSPECTUS
PROVES (GAAP) WAS NOT FOLLOWED AND LENDERS AVOIDED PAYING TAX ON NOTES
Due to IRS CODE 860 governing Tax Pass Through for special purpose Vehicles , (the real parties of interest are the shareholders)is in the Supplemental Prospectus as mortgage pass through certificates issued by the S.E.C.
Proves Generally Accepted Accounting Principles were not enforced and therefore the property was foreclosed on through extortion ,theft and fraud.
All federal Felonies punishable with prison time.
1-THE BANK CHOSE THE DISTRIBUTED PARTY OF INTEREST SCHEME TO AVOID PAYING TAXES TWICE
GIVING UP THEIR RIGHT TO FORECLOSE SINCE THEY CANNOT PROVE DOUBLE ENTRY ACCOUNTING (GAAP)
HERES HOW TO ACCESS YOUR TRUST IN THE S.E.C.
the Supplemental Prospectus of Lehman XS TRUST SERIES 2006-GP4 reports as a pass through GO TO:(– USE YOUR TRUST)
1-The way to access this is go to http://www.sec.gov
2- in the right side of the page under LATEST NEWS click on SEARCH EDGAR
3-TYPE IN LEHMAN XS TRUST, SERIES 2006-GP4 UNDER COMPANY NAME.
4- CLICK ON DOCUMENTS
ON 424B5- –PROSPECTUS (RULE 424(b)(5)-2006-07-31-333-129480-24
5- CLICK ON P414214_424B5.txt
6- here is the page that comes up showing mortgage pass through certificate ,series 2006-gp4
LEHMAN XS TRUST
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2006~GP4
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
SPONSORAND SELLER
STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
DEPOSITOR
LEHMAN XS TRUST, SERIES 2006-GP4
ISSUING ENTITY
[AURORA LOG0]
AURORA LOAN SERVICESLLC
MASTER SERVICER
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
JULY 28, 2006
LEHMAN BROTHERS
I appreciate the opportunity to read and investigate others who have gone to battle with regards to mortgage foreclosures. I too, as a pro-se have been in a battle now for nearly 4 years all the while maintaining possession of my home. I have had my complaint dismissed twice now, yet FDLG have filed for the third time. The fraud is being committed yet again just by way of a different Plaintiff. It appears to me as if FDLG is just expecting the courts to grant a summary judgment in their favor regardless of what the law says. I have more evidence of fraud than one can shake a stick at proving the fraud as well as civil rules violations, and even though I have made several agreements requesting the courts to follow the civil rules of procedures, and the law for that matter. I continue to be ignored. It appears to me as if the judges refuse to conform to the law and rules of court when it comes to a pro-se litigate representing him/herself. Here are my two case numbers if you are interested for your review. 07-ca-11562 and 08-ca-055974 – There are more than 250 pages of information with in these two cases. I have done the research and been to through 6 different judges and some 27 attorneys and not one of them has followed the rules of court or the law, however I remain in my home. I would not classify this as justice, but total proof that corruption in our judicial system does nothing more than wastes everyone’s time and money.
Thank you Michael!
A featured post on 4closureFraud reaches so many people, educating Americans across the land, across the spectrum of this crisis.
That’s our common goal.
Thank you again!
Lisa
ForeclosureHamlet.org
Many thanks for the kind words Michael! I’m proud to have new and great advocates and activists such as you, Lias, Tom, Matt, Chip et al join those of us who have been championing the cause of real freedom and justice for over a decade now. While the court did not accept our brief due to technicalities, I do believe they and many others have read it and learned. You’re doing great work in your digging efforts and I just returned from a trip to Atlanta and Hilton Head where I met with a group of prominent lawyers who are going to join us in this fight and make it right by all! Thanks again and wait till you see what I have cooking in FLA and GA in suing some judges, lawyers and the Republican Whip of the state Senate in GA! Will keep you posted!
Shapiro is part of the team suing us for foreclosure via Citi. Citi hired co-counsel Akerman and Senterfitt 60 days after Shapiro submitted the Re-hearing affidavit to the court. I guess they did not like the comments. Now they are under an AG investigation HA!. Citi never filed an assignment with the court in my case. Their name is not on one document in my case. I’ve submitted over 13 affidavits and they have emphatically refused to answer any per the law. I have a Negative Averment Hearing 8/26/10. Summary jugement hearing has been cancelled 3 x. They asked for more time to produce the origianl wet ink document back in March. No document yet….. I beleive the fraud is getting ready to explode not just in this investigation but will set a precedent in all states