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Sepideh Cirino v. Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-55817 · judgment August 7, 2020

Certiorari denied · May 17, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

  1. How can a mortgagor collect on more than the amount of the lien secured by the deed of trust when a debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in California, as well as similarly situated nonjudicial foreclosure states which utilize a promissory note as the promise to pay and deed of trust as the security lien for the mortgage, receives a discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §524, when the debt has been discharged in personam?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sepideh Cirino

For respondent
Gary E Devlin
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 17 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  3. Apr 26 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 04 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)