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March 16, 2013

Hawaii District Court Dismisses Homeowner Plaintiff Claims Against Defendants For Lack of Factual Support and Legal Authority

By Jeffrey Lederman

In Phillips v BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, CV 10-00272DAE-LEK, 2010 WL 5146433 [D Haw Dec. 13, 2010], Plaintiff Mark Phillips filed a complaint on May 7, 2010 against Defendants BAC Home Loans Servicing, MERS, and Does 1 – 20 … Continue reading

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March 11, 2013

Plaintiff Homeowner’s Complaint and Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Foreclosure Sale Dismissed for Lacking Articulated Legal Claim and Vagueness

By Jeffrey Lederman

In Sakala v BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, CV 10-00578 DAE-LEK, 2011 WL 719482 [D Haw Feb. 22, 2011], Plaintiff Steven J. Sakala filed a pro se complaint and a motion to stay foreclosure against Defendants BAC Home Loan Servicing … Continue reading

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Hawaii District Court Dismisses Homeowner Plaintiffs Claims Against Defendants, But Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Brokers Survives

By Jeffrey Lederman

In Mier v. Lordsman Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8484 (D. Haw. Jan. 26, 2011), Plaintiffs Carmelita and Clarence Mier sought in their complaint filed on October 6, 2010, declaratory and injunctive relief, damages, and rescission of their mortgage transaction. … Continue reading

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March 7, 2013

Hawaii District Court Grants Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment against Plaintiff Homeowners for Foreclosure

By Jeffrey Lederman

In Krakaeur v. Indymac, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 132284 (2010), the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii granted motion for summary judgment of Defendants IndyMac Mortgage Services and OneWest Bank, entitling Defendants to a decree of foreclosure … Continue reading

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Hawaii District Court Dismisses Plaintiff Homeowners’ Complaint with Prejudice for Various Failures to Plead with Particularity

By Jeffrey Lederman

In Gambing v. OneWest Bank, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77924 (D. Haw. July 18, 2011), Plaintiffs Lorenzo and Lorie Gambing’s filed a twelve-count motion against OneWest Bank, MERS, and other parties to prevent the foreclosure of their property. OneWest and … Continue reading

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