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Jose Rodriguez v. Bank of America, N.A.

Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, No. 3D17-0272 · judgment May 16, 2018


Certiorari denied · February 19, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the due process protections enshrined in the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U. S. Constitution prohibit Florida Courts from turning a blind eye to the continued use of fraudulent evidence barred by the $25 Billion National Mortgage Settlement to obtain the equitable relief of foreclosure and from ignoring objective reasons to question the impartiality of those Florida Courts in adjudicating foreclosures requiring disqualification?  i 

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bruce Jacobs
Jacobs Legal, PLLC

For respondent
Dora Faye Kaufman
Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
18A386

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Mar 27 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
  3. Mar 18 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Feb 19 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Feb 04 2019
    Petitioner's response to suggestion of death filed.
  6. Feb 01 2019
    Respondent's suggestion of death of petitioner Jose Rodriguez filed.
  7. Jan 23 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
  8. Jan 22 2019
    Reply of petitioner Jose Rodriguez filed. (Distributed)
  9. Jan 07 2019
    Brief of respondent Bank of America, N.A. in opposition filed.
  10. Nov 29 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
  11. Oct 11 2018
    Application (18A386) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 29, 2018.
  12. Sep 21 2018
    Application (18A386) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 30, 2018 to November 29, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.