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Kenneth J. Taggart v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 17-1836, 17-2416 · judgment May 15, 2018


Certiorari denied · January 22, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Has the authority of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to remove state court actions to federal court, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1452(f ), been extinguished because Freddie Mac is no longer owned by the federal government?

  2. Does an owner of real estate possess a federal due process right to ascertain the validity of a security interest in that real estate, and the identity of the entities that claim said security interest?

  3. Does the holding of Carpenter v. Longan, 83 U.S. 271 (1872) render a transaction purporting to separate a mortgage and a note invalid?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeremy Benjamin Cooper
Blackwater Law PLLC

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A207

Proceedings

  1. Jan 22 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 02 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
  3. Nov 19 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2018)
  4. Aug 28 2018
    Application (18A207) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 18, 2018.
  5. Aug 20 2018
    Application (18A207) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 19, 2018 to November 18, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.