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Lewis Archer v. America's First Federal Credit Union

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-15182 · judgment February 1, 2021


Certiorari denied · June 28, 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

Thousands of families are being put out of their homes by way of a RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act) loophole found in Non-Judicial foreclosure State Courts such as Alabama. According to this loophole, a mortgagee’s failure to comply with federal loss-mitigation regulations cannot be asserted as a defense in an ejectment action in Non-Judicial State Courts. In addition, there is currently a conflict among U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeals concerning equitably tolling of the Statute of Limitation in RESPA cases such as this one. This is yet to be addressed by the U. S. Supreme Court. The four questions before the United States Supreme Court are^ 1. Does the fact that there is “no defense for Federal Mitigation wrongdoing by lenders in non-judicial State court” while such defense naturally exists in federal court, violate the Equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lewis Archer

For respondent
Sanford Graham Hooper
Lightfoot Franklin & White

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 23 2021
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jul 08 2021
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Jun 28 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
  6. Jun 03 2021
    Reply of petitioner Lewis Archer filed.
  7. May 26 2021
    Brief of respondent America's First Federal Credit Union in opposition filed.
  8. Apr 28 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2021)